HANGZHOU, July 15, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 plane is greeted with a water salute at Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, July 15, 2016. United Airlines on Wednesday inaugurated a three-times-weekly nonstop service from the U.S. West Coast city San Francisco to the southeast Chinese city of Hangzhou. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)