Qatar Airways and China Southern Airlines have announced a major expansion of their codeshare partnership, as well as an increase in the number of flights between Doha and Beijing, ahead of China's Golden Week holiday.
This growth stems from the memorandum of understanding signed last year between the two airlines, reinforcing Qatar Airways' and China Southern Airlines' shared commitment to providing more air connectivity for travelers from China, according to a press release published on the Qatar Airways website.
From October 16, 2025, Qatar Airways will place its code on China Southern Airlines' direct flights linking Beijing Daxing and Doha, operating 3 times a week.
China Southern Airlines will also begin placing its “CZ” code on flights operated by Qatar Airways beyond Doha to 15 destinations in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, including Amman, Athens, Barcelona, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Madrid and Munich.
For his part, Thierry Antinori, Chief Commercial Officer at Qatar Airways, explained that Qatar Airways and China Southern Airlines have laid the foundations for a strong partnership that helps set new standards in the aviation industry.
He added that this latest expansion ensures that all Qatar Airways destinations in China are now available to China Southern Airlines customers, and stressed the two airlines' long-term commitment to the Chinese travel market, which is one of Qatar Airways' key markets for growth and connectivity.
He noted that, coinciding with this year's Golden Week, the agreement will give travelers from China access via Doha to diverse destinations across Qatar Airways' global network of more than 170 destinations through Hamad International Airport.
Qatar Airways has codeshared on China Southern Airlines' flights between Guangzhou and Doha since April 2024. Building on the existing codeshare agreement for flights from Guangzhou and Beijing Daxing, China Southern Airlines will extend its code to flights between Doha and 4 major Chinese cities, namely Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu Tianfu and Chongqing, subject to Chinese government approval.
In the same context, Han Wensheng, Director and CEO of China Southern Airlines, said that Beijing Daxing is a cornerstone of China Southern's international development. He added that the launch of the new flights to Doha comes alongside the airline's existing operations in Guangzhou.
He stressed that, in cooperation with Qatar Airways, the airline is working to expand the opportunities available to travelers from China to reach destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas via Hamad International Airport in Doha.
With this increase in flights and the expansion of the codeshare agreement, Qatar Airways and its strategic partners China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines will offer 64 weekly flights across 8 destinations in China.
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