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China Southern Airlines plans to take delivery of more than 200 narrow-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing
By: Rafael Ramos
On: 3/31/2023
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In a move to further grow its fleet, which is already the largest of Chinese airlines, China Southern Airlines aims to take delivery of more than 200 Boeing and Airbus narrow-body jets in three years.
The company has plans to acquire 103 Boeing 737s and 65 A320s during the period. However, 46 Airbus aircraft are expected for 2025 alone.
Although the MAX has already resumed flights in China, new deliveries have not yet been made. China is an important market for Boeing.
Currently, orders are for 129 aircraft, mostly narrowbodies, but there are also 4 orders for widebodies:
34 Boeing 737;
27 Airbus A320neo;
64 A321neo:
4 A350-900.
China Southern Airlines' current fleet ranges from regional jets such as the COMAC ARJ21-700 to large widebodies such as the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777-300ER. In total, the fleet is more than 600 planes. The company had hoped to grow its fleet to operate around 2000 planes by 2035, but the pandemic may have reduced ambitions a bit. Anyway, there are plans to operate a fleet of 1059 planes by 2025, which is an impressive number.
In addition, the company will operate 630,000 flights in the summer of 2023, the period from March 26 to October 28.
Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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