China Southern Ringing Up Boffo Internet Ticket Sales; Nation's 1st Internet-Savvy Airline Now Passing RMB 2 Billion in Annual Sales

Business Wire, Nov 23, 2004

BEIJING -- China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH) (HKSE:1055) (SHA:600029) (www.cs-air.com/en), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, is pleased to announce that it has now surpassed RMB 2 Billion ($241 Million US) in annual Internet ticket sales.

"And 2004 isn't over!" boasted Mr. Li Kun, Vice President, China Southern Airlines, adding more than $240 Million (US) in sales isn't bad for the first airline in China to sell an Internet e-ticket less than five years ago...and the sales just keep adding up almost as fast as we can count them. We have set a goal to reach RMB 3 Billion by the end of this year."

China Southern Airlines is currently only e-ticketing on its Chinese web site at www.cs-air.com.

Mr. Li noted some of the recent accomplishments of China Southern Airlines' e-ticketing include major airport e-ticket check-in counters throughout China, including the airline completely renovated and "like new terminal at Beijing's Capitol Airport."

China Southern has also launched an all-new online hotel reservation system service which is designed to combine air ticket booking functions...and "will be China Southern's new secret weapon to compete in the aviation e-ticketing marketplace," said Mr. Li.

He added that, "the system is available to complete information inquiries and live reservation operations and currently offers reservations for more than 2,100 hotels in more than 200 major cities throughout China."

The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 13 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, as well as international service, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

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