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What we compareChina Southern AirlinesABX Air
Country in archiveChinaUnited States
FoundedJuly 1, 19882003
FounderCivil Aviation Administration of China (restructuring of its Guangzhou division)—
HeadquartersGuangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaWilmington Air Park, United States, United States
Name originThe 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.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the ABX Air name.
HighlightsBoeing 777, Airbus A320, Airbus A380, Boeing 787-8Miami International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Earliest archived brand logo19882003
Latest archived logo20012021
Archived logo assets54

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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