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:
- According to reports, the Samoa-based Talofa Airways Limited had requested an 'emergency exemption' approval from USDOT, to allow its carrier to operate in and out of American Samoa as the Samoan government planned to withdraw on March 9th from the Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation (MALIAT).
- The federal agency issued a national notice stating that it was on March 9 that the Samoan government withdrew as a party from MALIAT, ending the open-skies agreement with the US.
- Hedberg said the US carriers have been notified that the certificate will no longer be effective 120 days from the issue date of the notice.
