Discount Airline Ticket Web Site Expedia Signs Agreement with China Southern Airlines

Looking for cheap discount airline tickets to China and Asia? Well known as a premier web site for finding cheap air fares and discount airline and travel deals, Expedia, Inc, has announced a new global strategic partnership the largest of Asia’s airlines, China Southern Airlines.

With the world’s largest travel company, teaming with an airline of this size signals the beginning of some great discount airline tickets for consumers traveling to and from China and throughout Asia.

According to the press release, the agreement represents the first-ever global partnership between China Southern Airlines and an online travel agency. The partnership will make China Southern’s fares and inventory available on all full-service Expedia® websites in North America, Europe and Asia. Additionally the new air fares can be purchased through corporate travel provider Egencia®; on leading discount travel site Hotwire®; and on China’s second-largest online travel site eLong™.

“Our aim is to capture the growing demand for travel to and within China, and make travel into the country simpler and more accessible,” says Greg Schulze, senior vice president of global tour and transport for Expedia Worldwide. “That’s what makes this partnership with China Southern Airlines so exciting. We are increasing our relevance with Chinese consumers, and extending the reach of China Southern to a greater audience of travelers around the world.”

By working with Expedia, travel suppliers gain unmatched exposure to the millions of consumers that visit Expedia sites each month worldwide. Expedia’s dynamic packaging capabilities also enhance value for consumers by allowing them to create their own unique vacation packages. Now Expedia customers can bundle China Southern flights with any of the nearly 145,000 hotels offered on Expedia sites worldwide and save on the total trip cost.

“Through our partnership with Expedia, we are now able to promote China Southern Airlines’ flights on Expedia sites in countries like the U.K. and Australia where we’ve not previously had a presence,” said Zhao Zaikui, president of sales for China Southern Airlines. “We’re confident that our impressive air offerings, coupled with Expedia’s vast global reach, will serve to build brand awareness and drive incremental demand for China Southern among an entirely new audience of international travelers.”