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NEW DELHI | 11 NOVEMBER 2025
IndiGo, India’s preferred airline, and China Southern Airlines today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a codeshare partnership and mutual co-operation agreement. With this, China Southern Airlines will be able to offer enhanced connectivity into India while IndiGo customers will be able to connect on the China Southern Airlines’ extensive network beyond Guangzhou.
This is subject to regulatory approvals. This partnership aims to offer enhanced travel options and integrated travel itineraries to customers traveling between India and China on the joint network of both airlines besides through check-in process among other benefits. Additional details regarding the codeshare will be provided in due course.
Pieter Elbers, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGo, said, “We are happy to join hands with China Southern Airlines as we enhance connectivity between India and China. We recently reinstated our direct daily flights connecting Kolkata with Guangzhou followed by inaugurating a new direct service between Delhi and Guangzhou. Now with this partnership, our joint customers will get the added convenience of booking seamlessly for travel across various parts of India and China on the joint network of IndiGo and China Southern Airlines.”
Han Wensheng, President and CEO of China Southern Airlines, stated, “China Southern Airlines highly values the development potential of the Indian market. Through cooperation with IndiGo, we will be able to further leverage each other’s advantages, offer a wider range of travel products, and give new momentum to the economic, cultural and aviation exchanges between the two countries.”
About IndiGo:
IndiGo is India’s preferred and amongst the fastest growing carriers in the world. IndiGo has a simple philosophy: offer fares that are affordable, flights that are on time, and provide a courteous and hasslefree travel experience across its unparalleled network. With its fleet of 400+ aircraft, the airline operates around 2200+ daily flights, connecting 90+ domestic and 40+ international destinations, inducted 58 aircraft in 2024 and welcomed over 118 million customers in FY25. IndiGo was also named the ‘Best Airline in India and South Asia’ by Skytrax at the World Airline Awards 2025.
About China Southern Airlines:
Dedicated to the service philosophy of “Affinity and Refinement”, China Southern Airlines spares no efforts in providing humanized, digitalized, refined, personalized and convenient travel experience to all passengers. It has launched 6 flagship service products, namely “China Southern e-Travel”, “Premium Services”, “Luggage Priority”, “Seamless Transit”, “360-Degree In-Flight Service”, and “Dine with China Southern”. Its frequent-flyer program, the Sky Pearl Club, has more than 100 million members. China Southern Airlines was awarded the “Best Airline in China” by SKYTRAX in 2022 and received the “FiveStar Diamond Award” from the World Brand Lab in 2023. It has been rated the top brand in air transportation service by China Brand Power Index for 15 years and “Best Airline” by CAPSE for 8 years consecutively. By June 2025, China Southern Airlines operated 943 passenger and cargo aircraft, and has ensured 308 months of safe flight operation and 373 months of in-flight security.
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