UHulumeni waseSamoa usichithile isivumelwano samazwe amaningi esivulekile esizosebenza kusuka ngoJulayi. UMnyango Wezokuthutha waseMelika wazise izindiza zaseMelika eziphethe isitifiketi segunya lokusebenzela iSamoa ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esivulekile.
Ngokwemibiko, iTalofa Airways Limited ezinze eSamoa icele imvume 'yokuxolelwa okuphuthumayo' kwa-USDOT, ukuvumela umphathi wayo ukuthi angene futhi angene eAmerican Samoa njengoba uhulumeni waseSamoa ehlela ukuhoxa ngoMashi 9th kusuka Esivumelwaneni Sezizwe Eziningi Sokukhululeka Kwezokuthuthwa Kwomoya Emazweni Amazwe (MALIAT). I-United States neSamoa zombili izinhlangothi kulesi sivumelwano.
I-federal agency yakhipha isaziso sikazwelonke esisho ukuthi kwakungoMashi 9 lapho uhulumeni waseSamoa wahoxa njengeqembu eMALIAT, waqeda isivumelwano sokuvuleka kwamazulu namazwe aseMelika. Izwe laseMelika laziswa okufanayo ngeziteshi zamanxusa ngoMashi 9, 2018. UBrian J. Hedberg, umqondisi weHhovisi le-International Aviation le-USDOT uthe ukuhoxiswa kuqale ukusebenza ngoMashi 9, 2019, ngonyaka olandelayo. UHedberg uthe abathwali baseMelika bazisiwe ukuthi isitifiketi ngeke sisasebenza ezinsukwini eziyi-120 kusukela ngosuku lokukhishwa kwesaziso. "I-USDOT imema abathwali baseMelika ukuthi bazofaka izicelo zokuxolelwa ngaphansi komthetho kahulumeni ukuze banikeze ngezokuthutha okuhleliwe kwamanye amazwe okuya eSamoa ngesisekelo sobumnandi nokuphindisela emuva."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngokwemibiko, i-Talofa Airways Limited eseSamoa icele imvume 'yokukhululwa ezimeni eziphuthumayo' kwa-USDOT, ukuze ivumele inkampani yayo yenethiwekhi ukuthi isebenze futhi iphume e-American Samoa njengoba uhulumeni waseSamoa uhlele ukuhoxa ngoMashi 9 esivumelwaneni se-Multilateral Agreement on the Ukukhululeka Kwezokuthutha Zomoya Zamazwe Ngamazwe (MALIAT).
- Isikhungo sikahulumeni sikhiphe isaziso sikazwelonke sokuthi kwakungoMashi 9 lapho uhulumeni waseSamoa wahoxa njengeqembu eMALIAT, waqeda isivumelwano sokuvula isibhakabhaka ne-US.
- U-Hedberg uthe abathwali baseMelika bazisiwe ukuthi isitifiketi ngeke sisasebenza izinsuku eziyi-120 kusukela ngosuku lokukhishwa kwesaziso.
