Who owns China Southern Airlines?
China Southern Airlines is owned by China Southern Airlines Company Limited (China, HKEX: 01055).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: China Southern Airlines Company Limited 2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- China Southern Airlines Company Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Guangzhou
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China, Guangzhou
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- HKEX: 01055 SSE: 600029
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines is the mainline carrier of China Southern Airlines Company Limited, headquartered at China Southern Air Building in Baiyun District, Guangzhou. The company's 2025 annual report calls the group the airline with the largest annual passenger traffic in China and says it operated 972 passenger and cargo aircraft, including COMAC C919 and C909 types, with 22 branches and nine controlling civil aviation subsidiaries.
Ownership timeline of China Southern Airlines
- Current owner China Southern Airlines [1] reported
Where China Southern Airlines sits in China Southern Airlines
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; China Southern Airlines has 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Beibu Gulf Airlines | Hainan Airlines Holding | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines is a publicly listed company headquartered in Guangzhou, China. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 01055 and SSE: 600029.
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is based in Guangzhou and listed in Hong Kong (01055) and Shanghai (600029). Its 2025 annual report says the group operated 972 passenger and cargo aircraft and had nine controlling civil aviation subsidiaries. Its controlling shareholder is China Southern Air Holding Company Limited (CSAH), a state-owned group, which held 69.78% of the A shares. Sichuan Airlines is a 39% associate rather than a subsidiary, and its logistics business (China Southern Air Logistics, 55%) is not an airline brand, so neither is listed here.
China Southern Airlines: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇳 China Southern Airlines and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; China Southern Airlines is not one of them.
- 7 Days — Jin Jiang Hotels 🇨🇳
- 9 Air — Juneyao Airlines 🇨🇳
- Air China — Air China 🇨🇳
- Air China Cargo — CNAHC 🇨🇳
- Beibu Gulf Airlines — Hainan Airlines Holding 🇨🇳
- Beijing Capital International Airport — Beijing Capital International Airport Co. 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of China Southern Airlines?
The parent company of China Southern Airlines is China Southern Airlines Company Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is China Southern Airlines Chinese?
Yes. China Southern Airlines originated in China and its owner, China Southern Airlines Company Limited, is also headquartered in China.
Is China Southern Airlines still owned by China Southern Airlines Company Limited?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, China Southern Airlines is still owned by China Southern Airlines Company Limited. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] China Southern Airlines Company Limited 2025 Annual Report — China Southern Airlines Company Limited, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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