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 16, 2021

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 15, 2021 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at:

https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0915/2021091500660.pdf, in relation to the key operating data of the Company and its subsidiaries for August 2021.

The announcement in English is included as an 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 16, 2021

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.

(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 1055)

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KEY OPERATING DATA

This announcement is made based on the operating data for August 2021 of the Group to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

The relevant key operating data was calculated based on the internal statistics of the Group, which may differ from the data disclosed in the relevant 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 based on the operating data for August 2021 of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and pursuant to Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

In August 2021, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (“ASK”)) of the Group decreased by 40.82% as compared with the same period last year (a year-on-year (“YoY”) basis), of which, passenger capacity for domestic and international routes decreased by 41.60% and 24.00%, respectively, while that for regional routes increased by 169.84%, as compared with the same period last year. Compared with the same period last year, passenger traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometres (“RPK”)) decreased by 51.23%, of which, passenger traffic for domestic and international routes decreased by 52.21% and 21.39%, respectively, while that for regional routes increased by 65.07%, as compared with the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 60.33%, representing a decrease of 12.87 percentage points as compared with the same period last year, of which, the passenger load factor for domestic and regional routes decreased by 13.41 and 19.71 percentage points, respectively, while that for international routes increased by 1.99 percentage points, as compared with the same period last year.

In terms of cargo operations, in August 2021, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (“ATK”) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 30.83% as compared with the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (“RTK”) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 13.02% as compared with the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 61.17%, representing an increase of 12.53 percentage points as compared with the same period last year.

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In August 2021, the Group has newly launched the following major routes: Harbin – Wuhan – Harbin, Tianjin – Changchun – Tianjin, Shenzhen – Haikou – Shenzhen, Hangzhou – Urumqi – Hangzhou (each being seven flights a week).

In August 2021, the Group introduced three aircraft (including one A321NEO aircraft, one A320NEO aircraft and one ARJ21 aircraft). As of the end of August 2021, the Group operated a fleet of 872 aircrafts as set out below:

Aircraft Model	Self-owned		Finance Lease		Operating Lease		Subtotal
Airbus 380 Series		4		1		0		5
Airbus 350 Series		0		10		0		10
Airbus 330 Series		4		29		7		40
Airbus 320 Series		101		110		123		334
Boeing 787 Series		4		25		10		39
Boeing 777 Series		8		21		0		29
Boeing 737 Series		160		73		166		399
Boeing 747 Series		2		0		0		2
EMB190 Series		6		0		0		6
ARJ21		1		7		0		8
Total		290		276		306		872

KEY OPERATING DATA OF AUGUST 2021

	August 2021						Cumulative 2021
Traffic	Amount		Month-on-Month (“MoM”) Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
RPK (in million)
Domestic		7,026.48		-59.07		-52.21		106,335.14		42.04
Regional		7.59		-58.45		65.07		125.99		-35.79
International		364.85		-3.06		-21.39		2,720.59		-75.87
Total		7,398.92		-57.87		-51.23		109,181.72		26.46
RTK (in million)
Domestic		697.36		-56.24		-49.89		10,220.88		38.53
Regional		1.64		-38.90		232.01		19.81		-11.88
International		478.31		-13.19		-12.18		4,557.72		-3.66
Total		1,177.30		-45.17		-39.21		14,798.41		21.98

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	August 2021						Cumulative 2021
Traffic	Amount		Month-on-Month (“MoM”) Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
RTK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic		87.59		-18.39		-20.97		834.58		3.47
Regional		0.98		-10.65		974.01		8.68		61.19
International		445.99		-13.87		-11.44		4,316.33		15.06
Total		534.55		-14.64		-13.02		5,159.60		13.06
Passengers carried (in thousand)
Domestic		4,535.89		-59.22		-55.75		69,952.01		38.56
Regional		7.72		-56.10		79.21		121.18		-29.69
International		55.42		-0.77		-24.68		446.06		-81.69
Total		4,599.02		-58.92		-55.48		70,519.25		32.82
Cargo and mail carried (in thousand tonnes)
Domestic		52.00		-19.88		-24.94		503.31		2.07
Regional		1.00		-9.82		1,130.63		8.81		71.16
International		45.89		-16.19		-12.77		446.87		9.46
Total		98.89		-18.11		-18.92		959.00		5.79
Capacity	August 2021						Cumulative 2021
	Amount		MoM Change (%)		YoY Change (%)		Amount		YoY Change (%)
ASK (in million)
Domestic		11,630.40		-47.62		-41.60		143,605.79		33.56
Regional		24.44		-52.36		169.84		369.44		-8.88
International		609.89		-11.94		-24.00		5,546.29		-67.10
Total		12,264.73		-46.56		-40.82		149,521.52		19.83
ATK (in million)
Domestic		1,280.59		-49.57		-44.06		16,409.45		35.40
Regional		3.54		-45.62		245.46		48.09		-6.75
International		693.52		-13.43		-17.28		6,728.10		-16.21
Total		1,977.65		-40.91		-36.79		23,185.65		14.78
ATK - Cargo and Mail (in million)
Domestic		233.85		-56.77		-52.94		3,484.93		42.69
Regional		1.34		-29.11		541.07		14.84		-1.61
International		638.63		-13.56		-16.65		6,228.94		-4.36
Total		873.83		-31.82		-30.83		9,728.71		8.46

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	August 2021						Cumulative 2021
Load Factor	Figure (%)		MoM Change (Percentage Points)		YoY Change (Percentage Points)		Figure (%)		YoY Change (Percentage Points)
Passenger Load Factor (RPK/ASK)
Domestic		60.41		-16.91		-13.41		74.05		4.42
Regional		31.06		-4.55		-19.71		34.10		-14.29
International		59.82		5.48		1.99		49.05		-17.82
Total		60.33		-16.20		-12.87		73.02		3.83
Cargo and Mail Load Factor
Domestic		37.45		17.61		15.15		23.95		-9.08
Regional		72.96		15.08		29.41		58.49		22.79
International		69.84		-0.25		4.11		69.29		11.69
Total		61.17		12.31		12.53		53.03		2.16
Overall Load Factor (RTK/ATK)
Domestic		54.46		-8.30		-6.33		62.29		1.40
Regional		46.26		5.08		-1.87		41.19		-2.40
International		68.97		0.20		4.01		67.74		8.83
Total		59.53		-4.63		-2.37		63.83		3.77

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 preliminary statistics of the Group, which may be subsequently adjusted or differ from the data disclosed in the relevant 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

15 September 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the Directors include Ma Xu Lun and Han Wen Sheng as executive Directors; and Liu Chang Le, Gu Hui Zhong, Guo Wei and Yan Andrew Y as independent non-executive Directors.

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