China Southern Airlines Opens New Chicago Cargo Sales Office; Airline to Operate New Boeing 747-200 U.S.-China Service.

Business & Travel Editors

GUANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000

China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH) (HKSE:1055), the largest airline in the People's Republic of China, announced the opening of its new Chicago cargo sales office.

China Southern Airlines will launch its new international cargo service with a dedicated Boeing 747-200 freighter between Shenzhen (located near Hong Kong) and Chicago on Wednesday, April 12.

The new telephone number for cargo sales and information is 773/601-8800; fax [phone]; e-mail [e-mail].

The new address of China Southern Airlines' cargo sales office is:

    China Southern Airlines
    Cargo Building 516
    P.O. Box 66208
    A.M.F. O'Hare International Airport
    Chicago, Ill. 60666-0208

China Southern Airlines' new Boeing 747-200 service, listed as CZ Flight 391, will depart from Shenzhen every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon and arrive the same day in Chicago with a technical stop in Anchorage, Alaska. The return flight back to China, listed as CZ Flight 392, will depart every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evening.

China Southern Airlines' new Shenzhen-Chicago service has developed from the recent bilateral agreement between the United States and the People's Republic of China, signed last year. Golden, Colo.-based Atlas Air will operate China Southern Airlines' new Boeing 747-200 cargo service under a long-term agreement that covers aircraft, crews, insurance and maintenance.

Ranked No. 1 in passengers carried in China for the past 20 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; international service includes Amsterdam, Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Osaka, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul and Singapore.