Ua kāpae ke Aupuni ʻo Samoa i kahi ʻae ākea ākea ākea ākea e hoʻomaka ʻia mai Iulai. Ua hoʻomaopopo ka US Department of Transport i nā mokulele ʻo US e paʻa ana i ka palapala o ka mana e lawelawe iā Samoa ma lalo o ka lewa ākea.
Wahi a nā hōʻike, ua noi ʻo Talofa Airways Limited ma Samoa i ʻae ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai USDOT, e ʻae i kāna mea lawe e hana i loko a ma waho o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e like me ka manaʻo o ke aupuni Samoa e haʻalele i ka lā 9 Malaki.th mai kaʻaelike Multilateral e pili ana i ka Liberalization o International Air Transport (MALIAT). ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Samoa nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i kēia ʻaelike.
Ua hoʻolaha aku ka ʻaha aupuni pekelala i kahi leka hoʻomaopopo e hōʻike ana ma ka lā 9 Malaki i haʻalele ai ke aupuni Sāmoa ma ke ʻano he pāʻina mai MALIAT, e hoʻopau ana i ka ʻaelike ākea me ka US. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka US ma o nā kahawai diplomatik ma Malaki 9, 2018. ʻO Brian J. Hedberg, ka luna o USDOT's Office of International Aviation i ʻōlelo ua lilo ka hana ma March 9, 2019, hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hedberg ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia i nā mea lawe moku ʻo US ʻaʻole e hoʻokō ʻia ka palapala hōʻoia 120 mau lā mai ka lā puka o ka leka hoʻomaopopo. "Kono ka USDOT i nā mea lawe i US e faila i nā palapala noi mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma lalo o ke kānāwai pekelala e hoʻolako i ka lawe ʻana i nā ea ʻē aʻe i Samoa ma muli o ke ʻano comity a me ka pānaʻi."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Wahi a nā hōʻike, ua noi ka Talofa Airways Limited i Samoa i ka ʻae ʻana i ka 'emergency exemption' mai ka USDOT, e ʻae i kāna mea lawe ukana e hana i loko a i waho o ʻAmelika Samoa e like me ka manaʻo o ke aupuni Samoa e haʻalele i ka lā 9 o Malaki mai ka Multilateral Agreement ma ka Liberalization o International Air Transportation (MALIAT).
- Ua hoʻopuka ke keʻena federal i kahi hoʻolaha aupuni e hōʻike ana i ka lā 9 o Malaki i haʻalele ai ke aupuni Samoa ma ke ʻano he hui mai MALIAT, e hoʻopau ana i ka ʻaelike open-skyes me US.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hedberg, ua hoʻolaha ʻia nā mea lawe US ʻaʻole e hoʻokō hou ʻia ka palapala hōʻoia 120 mau lā mai ka lā hoʻopuka o ka leka.