6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 10, 2018

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED

Unit 301, 3/F, Office Tower

Guanhao Science Park Phase I

12 Yuyan Street, Luogang District

Guangzhou, PRC 510530

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

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China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) published the following announcement on September 10, 2018 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at:

http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2018/0910/LTN20180910753.pdf, in relation to the key operating data for August 2018 of the Company and its subsidiaries to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The announcement in English is included as exhibit to this Form 6-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED

By:	/s/ Xie Bing
Name:	Xie Bing
Title:	Company Secretary
Date: September 10, 2018

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA

This announcement is made regarding the operating data for August 2018 of the Group to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The relevant key operating data was calculated based on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data disclosed in the relative periodic reports. Investors are hereby reminded of the risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the relevant information.

This announcement is made regarding the operating data for August 2018 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In August 2018, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (“ASK”)) of the Group increased by 13.76% as compared to the same period last year (a year-on-year (“YoY”) basis). Of which, passenger capacity for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 12.03%, 20.48% and 17.61%, respectively as compared to the same period last year. Compared to the same period last year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometres (“RPK”)) increased by 16.47%. Of which, passenger traffic for domestic, regional and international routes increased by 15.87%, 17.19% and 17.89%, respectively as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 85.85%, representing an increase of 2.00 percentage points as compared to the same period last year. Of which, the passenger load factor for domestic and international routes increased by 2.88 percentage points and 0.20 percentage point, respectively, and regional routes decreased by 2.23 percentage points, as compared to the same period last year.

In terms of cargo operations, in August 2018, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (“ATK”) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 16.19% as compared to the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (“RTK”) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 15.07% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 53.16%, representing a decrease of 0.52 percentage point as compared to the same period last year.

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In August 2018, the Group has newly launched the following major routes: Guangzhou-Chengdu-Daocheng-Chengdu-Guangzhou route (seven flights per week) since 1 August 2018; Fuzhou-Hong Kong-Fuzhou route (five flights per week) since 16 August 2018 and Shenzhen-Changsha-Shenzhen route (seven flights per week) since 20 August 2018.

In August 2018, the Group had introduced nine aircraft, including one B737-800 aircraft, seven B737-8 aircraft and one B787-9 aircraft, had terminated the lease of one B737-800 aircraft and one B737-700 aircraft. As of the end of August 2018, the Group operated a fleet of 799 aircraft as set out below:

Aircraft Model	Self-owned		Finance Lease		Operating Lease		Subtotal
Airbus 380 Series		3		2		0		5
Airbus 330 Series		8		30		10		48
Airbus 320 Series		92		83		106		281
Boeing 787 Series		2		23		3		28
Boeing 777 Series		8		14		0		22
Boeing 757 Series		4		0		0		4
Boeing 737 Series		144		83		156		383
Boeing 747 Series		2		0		0		2
EMB190 Series		6		0		20		26
Total		269		235		295		799

KEY OPERATION DATA OF AUGUST 2018

Capacity	August 2018						Cumulative 2018
	Amount		Month-on- Month (“MoM”) Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic		17,045.90		7.33		15.87		118,852.42		12.15
Regional		314.38		4.81		17.19		2,200.40		14.33
International		7,202.63		4.01		17.89		50,894.21		14.99
Total		24,562.91		6.30		16.47		171,947.04		13.00
RTK (in million)
Domestic		1,608.40		6.50		14.28		11,502.25		10.67
Regional		29.05		4.01		15.91		207.84		13.25
International		1,132.22		2.28		18.32		8,216.76		12.66
Total		2,769.67		4.71		15.92		19,926.86		11.51
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic		143.98		10.14		2.96		1,083.52		-0.85
Regional		2.05		2.79		-1.13		15.59		1.03
International		513.93		0.61		19.07		3,773.65		10.16
Total		659.97		2.55		15.07		4,872.76		7.47
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic		11,383.64		7.12		13.65		79,417.34		10.78
Regional		238.13		6.55		12.01		1,686.72		9.52
International		1,667.10		5.07		19.76		11,973.04		17.98
Total		13,288.87		6.85		14.35		93,077.09		11.63
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic		88.57		8.40		4.43		678.03		0.52
Regional		1.79		2.16		-4.41		13.69		-1.33
International		59.07		1.98		19.24		429.39		10.91
Total		149.43		5.70		9.69		1,121.11		4.24

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Capacity	August 2018						Cumulative 2018
	Amount		MoM Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic		19,623.48		2.11		12.03		142,747.36		11.41
Regional		395.93		1.68		20.48		2,909.58		15.05
International		8,593.51		0.79		17.61		61,839.43		14.91
Total		28,612.92		1.71		13.76		207,496.36		12.48
ATK (in million)
Domestic		2,209.73		1.81		12.21		16,194.88		10.62
Regional		45.37		1.05		19.69		333.03		13.00
International		1,561.61		0.71		17.86		11,585.73		12.92
Total		3,816.72		1.35		14.54		28,113.64		11.58
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic		443.61		0.61		12.93		3,347.62		7.66
Regional		9.74		-1.19		16.86		71.17		6.05
International		788.20		0.62		18.10		6,020.18		11.15
Total		1,241.55		0.60		16.19		9,438.97		9.85

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Load Factor	August 2018						Cumulative 2018
	Figure (%)		MoM Change (Percentage Points)		YoY Change (Percentage Points)		Figure (%)		YoY Change (Percentage Points)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic		86.86		4.22		2.88		83.26		0.55
Regional		79.40		2.37		-2.23		75.63		-0.48
International		83.81		2.59		0.20		82.30		0.06
Total		85.85		3.72		2.00		82.87		0.38
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic		32.46		2.81		-3.14		32.37		-2.78
Regional		21.07		0.81		-3.84		21.91		-1.09
International		65.20		-0.01		0.53		62.68		-0.56
Total		53.16		1.02		-0.52		51.62		-1.14
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic		72.79		3.21		1.32		71.02		0.03
Regional		64.02		1.82		-2.09		62.41		0.14
International		72.50		1.11		0.28		70.92		-0.17
Total		72.57		2.33		0.86		70.88		-0.05

Notes:

1. “RPK(s)” refers to the number of revenue passengers carried multiplied by the kilometers flown;

2. “RTK(s)” refers to the revenue load (passenger and cargo) in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown;

3. “RTK(s) - Cargo and Mail” refers to the revenue cargo and mail load in tonnes multiplied by the kilometers flown;

4. “ASK(s)” refers to the number of seats available for sale multiplied by the kilometers flown;

5. “ATK(s)” refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for transportation multiplied by the kilometers flown;

6. “ATK(s) - Cargo and Mail” refers to the number of tonnes of capacity available for the carriage of cargo and mail multiplied by the kilometers flown;

7. “Passenger Load Factor” refers to RPK expressed as a percentage of ASK;

8. “Cargo and Mail Load Factor” refers to RTK- Cargo and Mail expressed as a percentage of ATK - Cargo and Mail;

9. “Overall Load Factor” refers to RTK expressed as a percentage of ATK.

The key operating data above was calculated based on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data disclosed in the relative periodic reports. Investors are hereby reminded of the risks which may result from inappropriate reliance upon or utilization of the information given above.

By order of the Board

China Southern Airlines Company Limited

Xie Bing

Company Secretary

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Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China

10 September 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Wang Chang Shun, Tan Wan Geng and Zhang Zi Fang as executive Directors; and Zheng Fan, Gu Hui Zhong, Tan Jin Song and Jiao Shu Ge as independent non-executive Directors.

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