China Southern Airlines Launches New Aussie Super Summer Schedule

SYDNEY , October 19, 2005 - China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH, HKSE: 1055, SHA 600029) - www.csair.com/en - with the largest and most technically advanced airline fleet in The People's Republic of China will increase flights from Australia to Guangzhou , China , under a new summer schedule, announced today.

From November, the airline will introduce a third weekly flight from Melbourne and a fifth weekly service from Sydney .

To meet peak Christmas - New Year demand, the airline will also add a series of supplementary flights from Sydney , offering daily service in some weeks of December and January.

And with Australia's southern states adopting daylight saving time from 31 October, 2005, until 31 March, 2006, China Southern will change its schedules during this period, departing Melbourne at 8.20am and Sydney at 10.50am - one hour later than at present.

Under the new schedule, China Southern will fly from Melbourne to Guangzhou , via Sydney , three days a week ?the current Thursday and Sunday services and the new third weekly flight each Friday.

In addition to these services, the airline will operate two flights from Sydney to Guangzhou every Tuesday and Saturday, taking to five the number of China Southern departures from Australia each week.

On arrival in Guangzhou , all flights will connect with a wide range of the airline's onward services throughout China , including to the icon cities of Beijing and Shanghai .

The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 2 6 years, China

Southern Airlines - www.csair.com/en - 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, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

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