China Southern Airlines Announces New Service to Western China

8 August 2002

China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH) (HKSE: 1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China has today announced new service - available now - from Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou to Dali, Lijiang and Xi'shuangbanna in Yunnan Province.

China's largest airline currently operates 96 flights per week to Kunming from Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hong Kong, Nanning, Shantou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Zhuhai.

China Southern Airlines will operate service from Guangzhou to Xi'shuangbanna (with a stop in Kunming) twice weekly with flight numbers CZ 3489 and CZ 3490. Daily service will be offered from Shenzhen to Dali via Kunming.

Service between Guangzhou and Lijiang (also via Kunming) will be offered three times weekly with flight numbers CZ 3487 and CZ 3488. The airline will use either a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 on this route and "we hope this service will gradually be increased to a daily operation," said Mr. Li Kun, Vice President, China Southern Airlines.

"With majestic mountain scenery, mystic minority customs and legendary tales from China's ancient past, Yunnan Province attracts innumerable tourists from throughout China and around the globe," said Mr. Kun, adding that, "Lijiang is a throwback to the old 'Wild West' of the United States in the 1820's - pristine, untouched and unbelievably beautiful."

According to Mr. Kun, in 2001, China Southern carried more than 350,000 domestic and International tourists to Yunnan Province. With the increased development of Yunnan tourism, China Southern could not meet the demand of this burgeoning tourism market with service only to Kunming.

The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 23 years, China Southern Airlines connects more than 80 cities around the globe. Major business and vacation destinations served in China include: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Wuhan and as well as International service, including: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Osaka, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.