page_title: China Southern Airlines
section_title: A380
hierarchical_section_title: China Southern Airlines / Fleet / A380
caption_attribution_description: English: China Southern Airlines Airbus A380-800 (tail # B-6136) at Beijing International Airport (PEK).Français&#160;: Airbus A380-800 de China Southern Airlines (immatriculation n° B-6136) à l'aéroport international de Pékin (PEK).
context_page_description: China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, the airline became one of China's "Big Three" airlines, the world's seventh-largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia's largest airline in fleet size, revenue, and passengers carried. With its main hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport, the airline operates more than 2,000 flights to more than 200 destinations daily and was a member of SkyTeam until 1 January 2019. The airline started a frequent flyer program partnership with American Airlines in March 2019. The logo of the airline consists of a kapok flower on a blue tail fin. The company slogan is Fly into your dreams.
  The parent company of China Southern Airlines Company Limited is China Southern Air Holding Company, a state-owned enterprise that was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.
context_section_description: China Southern Airlines is the only Chinese airline to order and to operate the Airbus A380. The airline initially operated these aircraft on Beijing–Hong Kong and Beijing–Guangzhou routes. However, these services struggled to be profitable. Due to the demand limitation of the airline's international hub at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, few routes from Guangzhou have the demand to support an A380. In effort to make its A380s viable, China Southern started operating A380 on its Guangzhou–Los Angeles route and on the Guangzhou–Sydney route. Now the A380 comes to Sydney and Melbourne every summer (southern hemisphere) during its peak travel period. As from 20 June 2015, China Southern will operate the Airbus A380 from Beijing to Amsterdam. The A380 also operates four domestic flights each day between Beijing and Guangzhou.
caption: A China Southern Airlines Airbus A380-800 at Beijing Capital International Airport in 2014
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