China Southern Airlines to resume 4th weekly Transpacific Flight

China Southern Airlines is returning its 4th weekly transpacific flight between Los Angeles and China, starting Monday, September 1.

China Southern suspended this fourth weekly flight during the recently concluded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) crisis in Asia. With the return of its fourth transpacific flight, China Southern Airlines is back to its pre-SARS transpacific schedule.

Starting September 1st, China Southern Airlines will offer four weekly Boeing 777 transpacific service - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evenings - on a code-share basis with Delta Air Lines.

"The market demand for our Monday service from our gateway in North America is very important to our company and we are quite pleased to see bookings rapidly coming back in all categories of service," said Mr. Wei Jia Liao, General Manager, China Southern Airlines.

China Southern Airlines features the Boeing 777, each PremiumBusiness, PremiumEconomy and Economy seat is equipped with an individual crystal PTV screen with stereo headsets. Passengers aboard China Southern Airlines' Boeing 777 aircraft enjoy up to 11 channels of motion picture and informational programming selections with private, fully adjustable video monitors.