China Southern Launches New Service to Frankfurt via Changsha

24^th June 2014 Frankfurt, Germany - China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, is pleased to announce launch of new service between Guangzhou – Changsha – Frankfurt.

The new service marks the first cross-continent flight within Hunan Province and is a landmark opening of air service from Central South China to Germany.

The route will operate each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving in Germany at 06:00 the following day.

A city of seven million people, Changsha is also the departure point for visits to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, home of the impressive mountain columns that inspired the fictional universe of Pandora in James Cameron's 3D blockbuster movie, Avatar.

Frankfurt is now China Southern Airlines sixth European destination, alongside Amsterdam, London, Paris, Moscow and Istanbul and will be serviced by a four-class A330-200 offering flatbed seating in First and Business Class and personal seatback TV screens throughout.

From its hub at Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou, China Southern's Canton Route reaches close to 200 destinations in 35 countries and more than 150 Chinese cities through the world's most extensive domestic network.

For more information, please visit China Southern Airlines on the Internet at www.csair.com, call the 24-hour China Southern Airlines Service Centre at 95539 (within China) or visit your local travel agent.

About China Southern:

For more than 30 years, China Southern - www.csair.com - has been the largest airline in The People's Republic of China and is headquartered at the ultra-modern Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou. China Southern operates a fleet of more than 500 aircraft and serves 193 cities in 30 countries and regions, forming an extensive network with Guangzhou and Beijing as its hubs.

China Southern is a proud member of SkyTeam and together with member airlines offers passengers a worldwide system of more than 19,000 daily flights spanning more than 1,000 destinations in 187 countries.