China Southern enhances its position in Sichuan

China Southern Airlines has established a branch company in Sichuan an effort to enhance its position in the fast-growing West China market. “With the establishment of our Sichuan Branch company, we will launch Air Express of Beijing-Chengdu, Guangzhou-Chengdu and Shenzhen-Chengdu [services] and add more domestic routes from Chengdu, including services to Lhasa. In addition, we [plan to] open international routes starting from Chengdu at a proper time,” China Southern Sichuan Branch GM He Xiaojing said. As early as 1995, the Guangzhou-based carrier set up a sales office in Chengdu, the Sichuan province capital, and opened four routes from Chengdu to Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen and Wuhan. As of August 2017, China Southern operated 29 domestic routes from Chengdu.<br/>