Mokulele Airlines, which began the first-ever commercial service out of Kalaeloa Airport on July 1, is planning to add two more destinations later this month from the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station in West Oahu.

The local commuter carrier has been offering three round-trip flights a day to Kahu­lui out of Kalaeloa. On Oct. 20, Moku­lele plans to add three daily round trips between Kalaeloa and Hoo­le­hua, Molo­kai, and two daily round trips between Kalaeloa and Kapa­lua, Maui.

In addition, Moku­lele will add two other neighbor island flights beginning Oct. 20. It will fly twice a day between Kapa­lua and Molo­kai as well as between Kapa­lua and Hana, Maui.

Mokulele also is looking to expand to Cali­for­nia and New Mexico through federally subsidized essential air service contracts after experiencing success with the EAS flights it began operating in September 2013 between Kamu­ela-Wai­mea on Hawaii island and Kahu­lui.

The EAS program provides federal subsidies to airlines to encourage them to provide service for small and underserved communities.

Mokulele started offering two federally subsidized daily round-trip flights between Kamu­ela-Wai­mea and Kahu­lui and then added a third unsubsidized daily route between Kamu­ela-Wai­mea and Kahu­lui in June because of the success of the route.

"The reception has been so great by the (Kamu­ela-Wai­mea) community," Moku­lele Chief Executive Officer Ron Hansen said. "We believe we do such a great job with essential air service that we decided to apply for some of these routes coming available on the mainland."

Hansen said Mokulele is waiting to hear on applications it filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation for Cali­for­nia routes between Visa­lia and Los Angeles and between Merced and Oakland, as well as a New Mexico route between Silver City and Albuquerque.