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27
SkyTeam was voted 2007
Best Airline Alliance for the
second year running by
readers of US magazine,
Business Traveler, for the
quality of its services and its
extensive network.
China Southern joins SkyTeam
In November 2007, China Southern became the first
Chinese airline to join a global alliance. Without taking
into account its two subsidiaries, China Northern and
Xinjiang Airlines, China Southern is the leading Chinese
carrier in terms of fleet size (305 aircraft), passenger
numbers (50 million per year), revenues (5 billion
annually) and destinations served, particularly in the
domestic network coordinated around its four hubs:
Guangzhou, Beijing, Ouroumtsi (in the far west) and
Shenyang (in the north-east). This partnership provides
the other SkyTeam members with significant transfer
potential inside China and, in return, enables China
Southern to develop internationally. In time, the
relationship between Air France and China Southern
could be extended beyond the respective hubs of the
two airlines to increased cooperation in related areas
such as catering and maintenance. Furthermore, the
two companies are in the process of establishing a
cargo joint-venture.
16,400
daily flights
162
countries
841
destinations