After a nine-year hiatus, a direct flight to Hawaii from Orange County is returning to John Wayne Airport.

Beginning Saturday, travelers can start booking summer flights from John Wayne Airport to Honolulu aboard a daily United Airlines flight.

The daily route, according to an announcement by the airline, is scheduled to depart SNA daily at 8:30 a.m. and arrive in HNL at 11:30 a.m. The return flight leaves Honolulu at 12:50 p.m. Hawaii time and lands at 9:10 p.m. in Orange County.

United did not say specifically when those flights would begin. A search at united.com on Thursday showed routes from Orange County to Hawaii connecting through San Francisco.

Direct flights from Santa Ana to Hawaii’s islands have had a stop-and-start history. United was the last airline at JWA to offer a quick trip to the Aloha State but canceled its flights in 2012. Those routes were originally operated by Continental Airlines, which United acquired in 2010. Other direct routes were available on Aloha Airlines but ceased in 2008 after the airline went bankrupt.

Island-bound travelers have had to either connect to Hawaii-bound flights or fly out of Long Beach (most recently), or Ontario or Los Angeles international airports.

United said travelers on the daily route who have proof of a negative COVID-19 test can skip a document screening line upon arrival in Honolulu. Hawaii currently has a mandatory 10-day quarantine in place for travelers without proof of a negative test.

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