China Southern Adding New Shell Flat Bed Seats In New Airbus A330; China's Largest Airline Putting Premium Back Into Premium Business Class.

Business Editors/Travel Writers

GUANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2004

China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH) (HKSE:1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, www.cs-air.com/en, is putting the "Premium" back into its world-famed Premium Business Class with the addition of new cocoon-style shell flat bed seats in its new Airbus A330 aircraft.

Currently under construction in Toulouse, France, the brand-new Airbus A330 aircraft will feature 24 Minipod Premium Business Class seats from B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV). Minipod has won four prestigious design awards and has been nominated for Flight International's 2004 Aerospace Industry Award.

"Clearly setting the standard in Business Class service in China and throughout Asia, China Southern is putting the emphasis on Premium," said Mr. Li Kun, Vice President, China Southern Airlines. He added that the new minipod design, "offers all of the key design features that our Premium Business Class customer expects of China's largest and best airline."

China Southern Airlines' all-new Premium Business Class seats feature:

-- An ergonomically-designed fixed privacy shell which transforms

into an eight degree flat bed -- 1.9 meters long. The entire

seat translates forward -- and widens -- in one swift motion

... offering a private fixed living space for each passenger;

-- Independent rotating leg rest adjustments which raises up and

down -- provides support to lower legs and calves;

-- Electrically extending foot rest extension and bottom cushion

extension which lengthens and shortens;

-- Fully adjustable, automatic lumbar massage function;

-- Multi-functional telephone and video control unit which

controls 10.4 inch LCD tilting viewing screen and on-board

music channels;

-- Easily accessible, AC power plug for laptops, CD and MP3

players -- no adaptor needed;

-- Private storage cavity and hip recess for added personal

convenience;

-- 58 inches of pitch between shell pods;

-- Individual directional LED reading light with full

intermediate dimming;

-- Pull-out privacy divider separating each passenger

The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 23 years, China Southern Airlines, www.cs-air.com/en, connects more than 80 cities around the globe. Major business and vacation destinations served in China include: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Wuhan and as well as international service, including: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

For China Southern Airlines reservations and information, please contact your local travel agent.

NOTE: A high res, four color .jpeg illustration of China Southern's new Premium Business Class seat is available upon request at [e-mail].