China Southern Airlines To Use New Boeing 747-400 On Shenzhen-Chicago Cargo Route; New Aircraft On-Line Starting Today.

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000

China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH) (HKSE:1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, is pleased to announce that it will be using an all-new Boeing 747-400 on its Shenzhen--Chicago cargo route.

"Clearly the Boeing 747-400 is a much more economical aircraft for this type of long haul cargo service," said Mr. Yan Zhi Qin, President, China Southern Airlines. "We are very pleased our partner Atlas Air (NYSE:CGO) could make this aircraft available to our valued cargo customers in the USA and China." The new 747-400 freighter replaces the 747-200 freighter that had been used by China Southern Airlines.

China Southern Airlines selected the 747-400 in order to take advantage of its outstanding performance characteristics, including higher payloads, longer range, lower fuel burn and outstanding reliability.

China Southern Airlines' new Boeing 747-400 service, listed as CZ Flight 391, leaves Shenzhen every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon and arrives the same day in Chicago with a technical stop in Anchorage, Alaska. The return flight to China, listed as CZ Flight 392, departs every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evening.

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 and as well as international service, including: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Osaka, Penang, Phom Penh, Seoul and Singapore.