China Southern Special Liveries
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Modified: June 2022
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Toyota Camry |
2006-2007 |
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China Southern's first special scheme was rather underwhelming and featured a sticker of a Toyota car model. The aircraft that wore it was a non-ER 777-200 delivered in December 1995 and retired in mid-2018. The scheme was worn by June 2006 until at least April 2007.
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16th Asian Games |
2009-2017 |
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byeangel from Tsingtao, China, CC BY-SA 2.0
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In June 2009 China Southern were announced as the latest sponsor of the 2010 Asian Games being held in Guangzhou. I discussed this livery in detail at the blog:
Oddly for an event related livery the aircraft wasn't repainted until the second half of 2017.
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Skyteam |
2009-2019 |
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China Southern was the first Chinese airline to join one of the global airline alliances when it signed the agreement to join in November 2007. It's first aircraft in alliance colours was the 777-200 B-2056 and over the next few years it painted three further fleet members before going all out in 2015 with 9 alliance colour fleet additions. China Southern decided to leave Skyteam towards the end of 2018 and formerly left the alliance on January 1, 2019. Several of the alliance painted aircraft continued in service into the second half of 2019 before being repainted.
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Wings of Dreams |
2013-Still Active |
Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon, CC BY-SA 4.0
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China Southern decided to adorn its entire 787 fleet with a special livery designed by John Hull at Teague. Based upon an Egret the scheme includes a pair of blue and white wings along each side of the fuselage rolling up into the traditional CZ tail. The livery is worn by all 26 Boeing 787-8/9s in the CZ fleet.
I have written in more detail about CZ's 787-8s here:
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787th 787 |
2018-Still Active |
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N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
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China Southern took delivery of the 787th 787 on December 13, 2018 and it wears special titles to commemorate that.
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Guizhou |
2019-Still Active |
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N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
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A pair of 737-800s have been repainted into a livery to celebrate Guizhou. The first appeared in January 2019 and was followed in April by a second. As described it is:
"Inspired by the traditional batik, a local dyeing process, we paint the beautiful Mount Fanjing and Huangguoshu Waterfalls upon an aircraft." China Southern posted a video in relation to it: |
Guangdong Lychee |
2020-Still Active |
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N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Introduced in May 2020 this A330 wears a Lychee inspired scheme celebrating the export of Lychees from Guangdong.
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China International Import Expo CIIE |
2020-Still Active |
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The third CIIE was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center between November 5 and 10, 2020. China Southern served as the core supporting enterprise, air carrier, buyer and service provider. To celebrate this on Sept. 19, 2020 they unveiled an A330 wearing a special livery. The plane, jointly launched by the CIIE bureau and China Southern, is painted white and blue with white-and-yellow stripes. It also features the CIIE mascot, Jinbao, along with the Expo's slogan "New Era, Shared Future." Its maiden flight was from Guangzhou to Shanghai on Saturday 20th.
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Hometown Henan |
2021-Still Active |
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China Southern Airlines "Hometown Henan" flight livery is based on the theme of Peony Luoyang and incorporates Yellow River elements，shows the beautiful meaning of "Fortune". Henan (Chinese: 河南; pinyin: Hénán; Wade-Giles: Ho-nan), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the central part of the country. With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province in China.
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Youthful Zhuhai |
2021-Still Active |
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A themed aircraft that promotes Zhuhai as a City of Youth made its maiden flight Sept 24 from Zhuhai (Jinwan) Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport.
The fuselage of the customized Boeing 737-800 presents a scene of Zhuhai Opera House between green mountains and a blue sea, and fighter jets flying over the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition to represent a youthful city. 
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Vitality Zhuhai |
2021-Still Active |
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Passenger jet "Vitality Zhuhai" completed its maiden flight from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zhuhai (Jinwan) Airport on Nov 23 with selected young people from Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao aboard.
They were invited to get involved in what Li described as the "talent-friendly, youth-friendly, environment-friendly, and culturally inclusive development environment" of Zhuhai. Representing this environment, the mainly blue-colored aircraft has a fuselage depicting Chinese white dolphins leaping near the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB). The cabin displays landmarks such as Lovers Avenue and Tangjia Bay Beach along with Airshow China and tennis tournaments. |
World Skills Shanghai 2022
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A China Southern Airlines aircraft, painted with WorldSkills Competition motifs, made its maiden flight from Guangzhou, southern Guangdong Province, to Shanghai on Thursday December 14, 2021 to mark the 300-day countdown to the 46th WorldSkills Competition.
The plane's surface and cabin walls have all been painted with elements of the 46th WorldSkills Competition, such as images of its mascots Neng Neng and Qiao Qiao; its slogan – Master Skills, Change the World; the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the venue; and landmarks in Shanghai, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.
There are also images of Lu Ban locks, mortise and tenon joint structures, an invention by ancient Chinese carpenter Lu Ban, to highlight the spirit of craftsmanship. |
Unfortunately due to the continuing lockdown of Shanghai the October 2022 event has been cancelled.
China International Consumer Products Expo |
2022-Still Active |
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A China Southern Airlines' plane with a China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) theme took off from Guangzhou and arrived in Haikou on March 13, completing its maiden flight. The 30-day countdown ceremony for the second CICPE was held at the airport on the same day.
As the world's first CICPE-themed plane, the plane's body uses more than 70 brilliant colors to show the open and hospitable attitude of the expo. While sprayed with the words "China International Consumer Products Expo," the aircraft also includes images of the expo's three "Industrial Gibbons" mascots, namely "Farmer Gibbons," "Diver Gibbons," and "Astronaut Gibbons," emblazoned on both sides of the fuselage. |
