UNITED AIRLINES INAUGURAL SERVICE TO CHRISTCHURCH - Plane Spotting at Christchurch Airport

United Airlines makes history by becoming the first US carrier to fly into the South Island of New Zealand with the start of their San Francisco - Christchurch service. The 787-9 touched-down at 09:53 a.m. and was greeted with a water cannon salute. The airport land was opened up for plane spotters to get a close up of this inaugural arrival and departure. A few other catches in this video include 2 QANTAS 737s headed for ZQN after they were diverted to CHC the previous day, an SQ A350 and an EK A380. Full Timeline below.

Apologies for shaky footage and wind noise - weather was not ideal

Filmed on Sunday 10 December 2023

Timeline of video:
00:00 QANTAS 737 Departure
00:14 Air NZ Dash 8 Departure
00:35 United 787 Inaugural Arrival
03:10 United Water Cannon Salute
04:04 Singapore Airlines A350 Arrival
04:52 Air NZ A320 Arrival
05:23 Air NZ ATR Departure
05:46 QANTAS 737 Departure
06:47 Mix of aircraft
06:58 Air NZ ATR Departure
07:25 Air NZ Dash 8 Departure
07:57 Singapore Airlines A350 Departure
08:52 Jetstar A320 Departure
09:13 Emirates A380 Arrival
11:26 Air NZ A320 Arrival
11:47 Air NZ ATR Departure
12:06 QANTAS 737 Arrival
13:22 United 787 Departure

Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand (CHC)
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QANTAS
Air New Zealand
Jestar
United Airlines
Emirates
Singapore Airlines

Airbus A320
Airbus A380
Boeing 737
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
ATR 72-600
De Havilland Canada Dash 8

UA730 / UA731
SQ297 / SQ298
EK412
QF122 / QF185 / QF133
JQ
NZ