China Southern Airlines is planning new services to Pyongyang, North Korea. According to statistics provided by the airline, 240,000 Chinese visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 2005.

China Southern Airline’s Henan Branch will operate this new service operating Monday, Wednesday and Friday using either a Boeing 737-300 or Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

China Southern Airlines will also be resuming its service to Moscow. The airline's branch in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China announced that it will use a Boeing 737 or 757 aircraft from Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, to Moscow every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Return flights will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The five-hour flight between Urumqi and Moscow was suspended in 2003 amid the Asian financial crisis and affected by the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that hit China.