<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> show Transcriptions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> show Transcriptions </Th> </Tr> <P> China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China . Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the Civil Aviation Administration of China that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, the airline became one of China's "Big Three" airlines (alongside Air China and China Eastern Airlines), the world's sixth - largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia's largest airline in fleet size, revenue and passengers carried . With its main hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport, the airline operates more than 2,000 flights to 208 destinations daily as a member of SkyTeam . The logo of the airline consists of a kapok flower (which is also the city flower of Guangzhou) on a blue tail fin . </P> <P> The parent company of China Southern Airlines Company Limited is China Southern Air Holding Company, a state - owned enterprise that was supervised by the State - owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council . </P>

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