CAAC Honors China Southern With “Four-Star” Safety Award

GUANGZHOU, China - August 6, 2007 - China Southern Airlines, (NYSE: ZNH, HKSE: 1055, SHA 600029) - www.cs-air.com/en - the 9th largest airline in the world and the largest airline in The People's Republic of China has been honored with the  “Four-Star Flight Safety Award” by the CAAC.

“Currently the most prestigious safety award in the Chinese aviation industry, China Southern (as of 20 May this year), safely flown four million hours, becoming the only Chinese carrier maintaining the longest safety record,” said CAAC Minister Yang Yuan Yuan.

As the largest carrier in The People’s Republic of China in terms of aircraft fleet, extensive air network and annual passenger traffic, China Southern Airlines currently operates more than 310 aircraft and more than 1,300 daily flights all over the world.

In accordance with the CAAC regulations issued in October 2006, starting from 2006, the CAAC will deliver the flight safety awards to the carriers based upon the amount of the safe flight hours they kept consecutively.

For one million safe consecutive flight hours, the CAAC will honor the Chinese carrier with the First-Star Flight Safety Award; the Two-Star Flight Safety Award for two million hours safely flown and the like. After receiving the Five-Star Flight Safety Award, the carrier will be able to earn one more star in flight safety with additional one million consecutive hours safely flown.

For 10 Million safe flight hours, the airline will be honored the “Blue-Sky Diamond Flight Safety Award”.

The largest airline in The People’s Republic of China for the past 28 years, China Southern Airlines - www.cs-air.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, Lagos, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

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