As failed Aloha Airlines leaves the inter-island freight business in Hawaii, a small passenger carrier is set to move in to its place.

Officials at Mokulele Airlines say they had planned the expansion even before the March 31 shutdown of the state's only major inter-island cargo carrier.

According to published news reports, the federal Transportation Security Administration and local officials earlier this week granted Mokulele approval to begin flying cargo in and out of Honolulu International Airport.