6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report ofForeign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

January 17, 2023

CHINASOUTHERN 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 January 16, 2023 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at:

https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2023/0116/2023011600585.pdf, in relation to the key operating data of the Company and its subsidiaries for December 2022.

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.

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 norepresentation 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 December 2022 of the Group to be published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and pursuant to Rules 13.09 and 13.10B of the Listing Rules and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined in the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

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 December 2022 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 Rules 13.09 and 13.10B of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) and the Inside Information Provisions (as defined in the Listing Rules) under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

In December 2022, passenger capacity (measured by available seat kilometres (“ASK”)) of the Group decreased by 25.02% as compared with the same period last year (a year-on-year (“YoY”) basis), of which, passenger capacity for domestic routes decreased by 29.07%, and passenger capacity for regional routes and international routes increased by 149.92% and 54.29%, respectively, 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 23.18%, of which, passenger traffic for domestic routes decreased by 27.64%, and passenger traffic for regional routes and international routes increased by 242.93% and 86.86%, respectively, as compared with the same period last year. The passenger load factor was 66.53%, representing an increase of 1.59 percentage points as compared with the same period last year, of which, the passenger load factor for domestic routes, regional routes and international routes increased by 1.32, 10.97 and 11.40 percentage points, respectively, as compared with the same period last year.

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In terms of cargo operations, in December 2022, cargo capacity (measured by available tonne kilometers (“ATK”) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 22.75% as compared with the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic (measured by revenue tonne kilometres (“RTK”) - Cargo and Mail) decreased by 15.68% as compared with the same period last year. The cargo and mail load factor was 63.55%, representing an increase of 5.33 percentage points as compared with the same period last year.

In December 2022, the Group has newly launched the following major routes: Changsha-Huai’an-Shenyang-Huai’an-Changsha, Shenzhen-Fuzhou-Dalian-Fuzhou-Shenzhen (each being seven flights a week).

In December 2022, the Group introduced eight aircrafts (including one A350 aircraft, one B777F aircraft, two A321NEO aircrafts, and four ARJ21 aircrafts), and disposed of one A380 aircraft. As of the end of December 2022, the Group operated a fleet of 894 commercial aircrafts as set out below:

KEY OPERATING DATA OF DECEMBER 2022

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Notes:

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.

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Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China

16 January 2023

As at the date of this announcement,the Directors include Ma Xu Lun, Han Wen Sheng and Luo Lai Jun as executive Directors; and Liu Chang Le, Gu Hui Zhong, Guo Wei and Cai Hong Ping as independent non-executive Directors.

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