China Southern Airlines takes delivery of first Boeing 737-700

China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first-ever Boeing 737-700 series aircraft.

The delivery of this new aircraft is part of China Southern’s original order of 20 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The airline elected to accept the initial 12 aircraft in the 737-800 “Next Generation” series - with the balance of the delivery order to be taken in the 737-700 “Next Generation” series.

“This new aircraft will be a welcome addition to an aviation marketplace that is growing at an incredible pace,” said Mr. Sun Jianhua, Deputy General Manager, China Southern Airlines’ Hubei Branch.

Hubei Province, located in the heart of the central part of China, is in the middle reaches of The Yangtze River. Railway and highways span the entire territory of the province - as a result Hubei is of strategic importance connecting all points North, South, East and West. Hubei is rich in natural resources with more than 130 different minerals having been discovered in the Province.

The Province covers 180,000 sq. km with a population of 56.54 Million. The physical features of Hubei is higher in the west with the Daba Mountain and Shennongjia more than 3,100 m above sea level and lower in the east with the Yangtz & Hanjiang Plain. There are countless lakes on the plain.

Besides grain, cotton and oil, Hubei is teeming with fresh-water fish and shrimps, lotus roots, blunt-snout bream, tea, lung oil, edible fungus, raw lacquer and medicinal materials.

Hubei has developed industries such as iron arid steel, machinery, power, chemical industry and light textile. Shiyan is an auto production base, while Wuhan is the hub of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, enjoying convenient highway transportation.