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What we compareChina Eastern AirlinesChina Southern Airlines
Country in archiveChinaChina
FoundedJune 25, 1988July 1, 1988
FounderCivil Aviation Administration of China Huadong AdministrationCivil Aviation Administration of China (restructuring of its Guangzhou division)
HeadquartersShanghai, Minhang, ChinaGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
Name originThe name means Eastern China in plain terms. The airline was set up in 1988 under the Civil Aviation Administration of China Huadong (East China) Administration, and the sources used here do not state the naming reason directly.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.
HighlightsShanghai Pudong hub, Shanghai Hongqiao hub, SkyTeam membership, China Cargo AirlinesBoeing 777, Airbus A320, Airbus A380, Boeing 787-8
Earliest archived brand logo19881988
Latest archived logo20202001
Archived logo assets65

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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