China Southern Expands LAX - Shanghai Cargo Service

China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH) (HKSE: 1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, is pleased to announce that it has expanded its non-stop 747-400 cargo service between Los Angeles and Shanghai - with continuing service to Shenzhen, China - with a 4th weekly flight each Monday.

China Southern Airlines' expanded new Monday Boeing 747-400 cargo service - effective immediately - will operate through the end of December 2002.

Coupled with China Southern's non-stop 777 passenger flights (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday) between LAX and Guangzhou, China - the airline's worldwide hub - China Southern Airlines is able to offer numerous cargo options - either 777 "belly" cargo or 747-400 freighter service - between Southern California and China.

China Southern Airlines added this new Monday flight "due to heavy lift from Southern China into America," said Mr. Wei Jia Liao, General Manager/Los Angeles, China Southern Airlines. He added that, "with continuing service to Shenzhen, China Southern is able to offer point-to-point cargo service between America and China using the best 747 cargo airplane in the world."

China Southern's new 747-400 cargo service with flight number CZ 398, departs Los Angeles International Airport at 1:00 a.m. The non-stop flight will arrive at 6:00 a.m. (+ 1 day) in Shanghai - then continue south to Shenzhen. The departing flight from Shenzhen, China is CZ 397 and will make a fuel stop in Anchorage, Alaska before arriving at LAX.

China Southern Airlines' new cargo office is located at 6040 Avion Drive, Suite 327, Los Angeles, CA 90045. This new office has two telephone numbers: (1) cargo import (310) 410 6691; Fax (310) 649-1512 and (2) cargo export (310) 649-1500.

China Southern Airlines also operates three, 747-400 cargo flights each week between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Shanghai's Pudong International Airport - with continuing service to Shenzhen.

The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 23 years, China Southern Airlines 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, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Osaka, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.