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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Apia-based and independently owned Talofa Airways says in filings with the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) that it has not yet initiated air service between Tutuila and the Manu’a island group due to a delay in securing required local approvals from the American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a decision issued yesterday, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) granted a cabotage waiver requested by the Samoa government owned Polynesian Limited, dba, Samoa Airways to continue operating Manu’a flights for another 180-days from yesterday, Aug. 6th through...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has given “American Samoa Inter-Island Ferry Service” a new designation of Marine Highway Route and Designated Project, paving the way for Port Administration to seek funds “to advance commerce...

![“Although Talofa Airways had planned to initiate service at the end of October, it has not yet been able to base aircraft and crew in Pago Pago due to restrictions in place from the American Samoa Government related to the COVID-19 public health emergency,” according to the company’s application requesting a renewal of exemption for 180-days. [SN file photo] Talofa Airways plane](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/talofa_airways_aircraft_2.png?itok=k3BR0vOD)

