I do not know much about China Southern, and I wish Delta luck with this code-share arrangement.

But many of the Third World and smaller airlines (and one big one: AeroFLOP) scare me when my travel agent says "OH You'll save hundreds by going on this airline."

China air is also among the worst. I felt like I was in Stalin's private plane. If I'm flying around China I would hope to do it by United or Cathay Pacific or Singapore Or Thailand (I'll even take the train, which was nice for atmostpheriic value.)

Malev got off the ground fine and go there fine. I was in first so maybe the flight was not as bad as it could have been. But The F-A kept confusing the safety directions.

I would be curious to know the safety record of China SOuthern. Wasn't there a domestic Chinese Airliner that crashed last week?

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CATMAN