Alaska is now flying SAN-HNL as well…and the other day they did what John mentioned…went to bay area and coasted out there.
Years ago, Delta ran L1011’s on this route. It was a redeye coming back to SAN and most of the time they came direct, entering the left downwind (south side of the airport) for a landing on 27, just as the first departures were coming down the taxiway. AWE has a few redeyes from Hawaii to PHX. Most of them go over LAX, but occasionally one will fly direct via MZB to pick up J18(?) as the sun comes up.
