中国的航空运输业发展到1993年,在组织结构上发生了一次重大的变化,这就是航空公司的“集团化”。这一年,包括中国南方航空公司在内,中国民航共有3家骨干航空公司组建了集团,且均为国家首批企业集团的试点单位。1993年10月10日,中国南方航空集团在广州成立。南航集团以中国南方航空公司为核心企业,吸收了包括部分地方航空公司、飞机维修、航空食品、航空旅游等相关企业在内的紧密层企业9家,半紧密层企业3 China’s air transport industry developed to 1993, and a major change has taken place in the organizational structure. This is the “grouping” of airlines. This year, including China Southern Airlines, China Civil Aviation, a total of three backbone airlines set up a group, and are the pilot group of the country’s first batch of enterprise groups. October 10, 1993, China Southern Airlines Group was established in Guangzhou. China Southern Airlines Group, with China Southern Airlines as its core enterprise, absorbed 9 closely-related enterprises, including some local airlines, aircraft maintenance, aviation food, air travel and other related businesses, and the semi-compact enterprise 3