Urhulumente wase Samoa usirhoxisile isivumelwano sezizwe ngezizwe esivulekileyo esizakusebenza ukusukela ngoJulayi. Isebe lezothutho laseMelika lazise iinqwelomoya zaseMelika eziphethe isatifikethi segunya lokusebenzela iSamoa phantsi kwesibhakabhaka esivule ingubo.
Ngokweengxelo, iTalofa Airways esekwe eSamoa icele imvume yokuxolelwa ngokungxamisekileyo evela kwi-USDOT, ukuvumela umphathi wayo ukuba angene ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweAmerican Samoa njengoko urhulumente waseSamoa wayecwangcise ukurhoxa nge-Matshi 9.th Isivumelwano esimalunga neLiberalisation of International Air Transport (MALIAT). I-United States neSamoa bobabini bangamaqela kwesi sivumelwano.
I-arhente yomanyano ikhuphe isaziso sikazwelonke esichaza ukuba kwakungo-Matshi 9 ukuba urhulumente waseSamoa urhoxile njengeqela elivela eMALIAT, ephelisa isivumelwano esibhakabhaka kunye ne-US. I-US yaziswa ngokufanayo ngamajelo oonozakuzaku ngo-Matshi 9, 2018. UBrian J. Hedberg, umlawuli we-Ofisi ye-Aviation ye-USDOT ye-USDOT wathi ukurhoxa kwaqala ukusebenza ngoMatshi 9, 2019, kunyaka olandelayo. UHedberg uthe abaphathi baseMelika bazisiwe ukuba isatifikethi asizukuphinda sisebenze kwiintsuku ezili-120 ukusukela kumhla wokukhutshwa kwesaziso. "I-USDOT imema abathwali baseMelika ukuba bafake izicelo zokuxolelwa phantsi komthetho womanyano ukuba babonelele ngothutho lwasemoyeni olucwangcisiweyo lwangaphandle ukuya eSamoa ngesiseko sokuziphatha okuhle kunye nembuyekezo."