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
October
9, 2008
CHINA
SOUTHERN AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
Jichang
Road
Guangzhou,
Guangdong 510405
People’s
Republic of China
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form
20-F. x Form
40-F. o
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes
o
No.
x
(If
"Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.)
China
Southern Airlines Company Limited (the “Company”) published an announcement on
October 8, 2008 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website at http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/20081008/LTN20081008460.pdf
with
respect to the approval relating to the issuance of short-term financing
bills
of the Company. An English announcement is included in this Form 6-K of the
Company.
The
announcement also references an announcement and circular of the Company
dated
April 18, 2008 and May 9, 2008, respectively, which were filed as part of
the
Form 6-Ks filed on April 21, 2008 and May 9, 2008, respectively. The Form
6-Ks
are incorporated herein by reference and can be found at
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041668/000114420408027247/v113430_6k.htm
and
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041668/000114420408023525/0001144204-08-023525-index.htm.
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/
Liu
Wei and Xie Bing
Name:
Liu
Wei and Xie Bing
Title:
Joint Company Secretaries
Date:
October 9, 2008
