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September 6, 2012
VIA EDGAR AND UPS
Cecelia Blye, Chief
Office of Global Security Risk
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
Re: | China Southern Airline Company Limited |
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
Filed April 27, 2012
File No. 1-14660
Request for extension of 14 calendar days to respond to letter of August 1, 2012
Dear Ms. Blye:
This is in response to your letter of August 1, 2012, to Si Xian Min, Chairman, China Southern Airlines Company Limited (hereafter "China Southern" or "the Company"), regarding "contacts with countries that have been identified as state sponsors of terrorism." In this regard, you have requested additional information concerning flights to and from Iran and Sudan and the materiality of the Company's contacts with Iran and Sudan.
On behalf of China Southern, this is to request an extension of an additional 14 calendar days (10 business days) from today's date to respond to this request.
As China Southern only recently engaged DLA Piper as counsel on this matter we will need additional time to work with the Company to gather factual information. China Southern is a large company with many different departments which will require internal coordination. In addition, Chinese documents will need to be translated into English and transmitted to the United States. The time differences between the two countries will require coordination of schedules. For these reasons, it is respectfully requested that an extension be granted to respond to your request for information.
On behalf of China Southern, we wish to thank you for your favorable consideration of this request.
Sincerely, | |
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