China Southern Airlines was founded on July 1, 1988 and is headquartered at Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. CSAir was the eleventh member to join the SkyTeam Alliance, joining in 2007. There are now 20 full members airlines in the alliance.
The airline has a fleet of nearly 650 aircraft (including the aircraft in their cargo division). China Southern flies to over 215 destinations around the world. The most numerous airliner found in the fleet is the Boeing 737-800 with over 160. They are one of a select few airlines flying Airbus A380-800 variants with five in service.