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 12, 2019

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED

68 Qi Xin Road

Guangzhou, 510403

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 12, 2019 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at:

https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2019/0912/ltn20190912433.pdf, in relation to the key operating data for August 2019 of the Company and its subsidiaries to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and further information regarding the continuing connected transactions of other financial services under financial services framework agreement.

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 12, 2019

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

AND FURTHER INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE

CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS OF OTHER

FINANCIAL SERVICES UNDER FINANCIAL SERVICES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

KEY OPERATING DATA

This announcement is made regarding the operating data for August 2019 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 2019 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In August 2019, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (“ASK”)) of the Group increased by 10.17% as compared to the same period last year (a year-on-year (“YoY”) basis). Of which, passenger capacity for domestic and international routes increased by 9.54%, and 12.21%, respectively, and passenger capacity for regional routes decreased by 3.15%, 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 10.35%. Of which, passenger traffic for domestic and international routes increased by 8.66% and 15.05%, respectively, and passenger traffic for regional routes decreased by 6.10%, as compared to the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 85.99%, representing an increase of 0.14 percentage point as compared to the same period last year. Of which, passenger load factor for domestic and regional routes decreased by 0.70 percentage point and 2.42 percentage points, respectively, and passenger load factor for international routes increased by 2.12 percentage points, as compared to the same period last year.

In terms of cargo operations, in August 2019, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (“ATK”) - Cargo and Mail) increased by 5.53% as compared to the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (“RTK”) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 3.09% as compared to the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 49.04%, representing a decrease of 4.36 percentage points as compared to the same period last year.

In August 2019, the Group has newly launched the following major route: Changsha-Nagoya-Changsha route (two flights per week) since 1 August 2019.

In August 2019, the Group introduced four aircraft, including one A321NEO aircraft, one A320NEO aircraft, one B777-300ER aircraft and one B787-9 aircraft, and terminated the lease of two aircraft, including one A319 aircraft and one EMB190 aircraft. As of the end of August 2019, the Group operated a fleet of 852 aircraft as set out below:

Aircraft Model	Self-owned		Finance Lease		Operating Lease		Subtotal
Airbus 380 Series		3		2		0		5
Airbus 350 Series		0		1		0		1
Airbus 330 Series		10		30		8		48
Airbus 320 Series		94		90		129		313
Boeing 787 Series		4		24		7		35
Boeing 777 Series		8		17		0		25
Boeing 737 Series		156		82		163		401
Boeing 747 Series		2		0		0		2
EMB190 Series		6		0		16		22
Total		283		246		323		852

KEY OPERATION DATA OF AUGUST 2019

Capacity	August 2019						Cumulative 2019
	Amount		Month-on- Month (“MoM”) Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic		18,523.90		4.97		8.66		129,639.56		9.07
Regional		295.22		-12.83		-6.10		2,444.34		11.08
International		8,287.43		4.45		15.05		58,153.42		14.26
Total		27,106.54		4.58		10.35		190,237.32		10.63
RTK (in million)
Domestic		1,739.63		4.60		8.10		12,427.79		8.00
Regional		27.86		-12.18		-4.10		231.32		11.29
International		1,198.73		0.78		5.67		8,850.88		7.53
Total		2,966.21		2.84		6.98		21,509.98		7.84
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic		151.78		13.68		4.85		1,078.15		-0.92
Regional		2.41		-0.96		17.61		17.34		11.18
International		488.19		-3.75		-5.40		3,779.51		-0.22
Total		642.38		-0.13		-3.09		4,875.00		-0.34
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic		12,247.14		5.38		7.58		85,451.71		7.60
Regional		219.31		-12.56		-7.91		1,834.76		8.77
International		1,969.65		6.02		18.13		13,653.22		14.03
Total		14,436.10		5.13		8.63		100,939.68		8.45
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic		91.10		11.68		2.39		661.76		-2.76
Regional		2.16		1.09		20.92		15.30		11.77
International		58.02		-1.84		-2.16		439.66		2.05
Total		151.29		5.93		0.81		1,116.71		-0.74

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Capacity	August 2019						Cumulative 2019
	Amount		MoM Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic		21,495.46		1.06		9.54		155,951.31		9.26
Regional		383.47		-11.06		-3.15		3,177.42		9.21
International		9,642.71		1.53		12.21		69,609.02		12.58
Total		31,521.64		1.03		10.17		228,737.75		10.25
ATK (in million)
Domestic		2,423.03		1.36		9.66		17,654.16		9.02
Regional		44.93		-11.41		-0.98		366.46		10.04
International		1,679.02		0.30		7.53		12,619.69		8.93
Total		4,146.98		0.77		8.66		30,640.31		8.99
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic		488.44		2.55		10.12		3,618.54		8.08
Regional		10.42		-12.55		6.94		80.50		13.11
International		811.18		-0.99		2.94		6,354.88		5.55
Total		1,310.03		0.20		5.53		10,053.92		6.51

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	August 2019						Cumulative 2019
Load Factor	Figure (%)		MoM Change (Percentage Points)		YoY Change (Percentage Points)		Figure (%)		YoY Change (Percentage Points)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic		86.18		3.21		-0.70		83.13		-0.14
Regional		76.99		-1.56		-2.42		76.93		1.30
International		85.94		2.4		2.12		83.54		1.22
Total		85.99		2.91		0.14		83.17		0.29
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic		31.07		3.04		-1.56		29.80		-2.71
Regional		23.17		2.71		2.10		21.54		-0.37
International		60.18		-1.73		-5.30		59.47		-3.44
Total		49.04		-0.15		-4.36		48.49		-3.33
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic		71.80		2.23		-1.03		70.40		-0.66
Regional		62.00		-0.55		-2.02		63.12		0.71
International		71.39		0.34		-1.26		70.14		-0.91
Total		71.53		1.44		-1.12		70.20		-0.75

Notes:

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

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

3. “RTK(s) - Cargo and Mail” refers to the 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.

FURTHER INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS OF OTHER FINANCIAL SERVICES UNDER FINANCIAL SERVICES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

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Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 27 August 2019 in relation to the financial services framework agreement entered into by the Company (the “Announcement”).

The Company would like to provide further information that the historical figures relating to other financial services fee payable by the Company to the Finance Company for the two financial years ended 31 December 2018 and six months ended 30 June 2019 on page 5 of the Announcement shall be RMB0 million, RMB0.063 million and RMB0 million (unaudited), respectively, instead of RMB26.36 million, RMB19.45 million and RMB0 million (unaudited), respectively.

Save as disclosed above, all other information in the Announcement shall remain unchanged.

By order of the Board

China Southern Airlines Company Limited

Xie Bing

Company Secretary

Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China

12 September 2019

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Wang Chang Shun, Ma Xu Lun and Han Wen Sheng 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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