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What we compareABX AirChina Southern Airlines
Country in archiveUnited StatesChina
Founded2003July 1, 1988
Founder—Civil Aviation Administration of China (restructuring of its Guangzhou division)
HeadquartersWilmington Air Park, United States, United StatesGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the ABX Air name.The name is descriptive: China Southern places the country name beside the region where the airline began, as the former Guangzhou Regional Administration of CAAC in southern China. The sources used do not give a formal naming statement, so this is a plain reading of the name.
HighlightsMiami International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International AirportBoeing 777, Airbus A320, Airbus A380, Boeing 787-8
Earliest archived brand logo20031988
Latest archived logo20212001
Archived logo assets45

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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