According to the Kompas.Com news report published last night at 20:25, the Indonesian Minister of Transport, the Honourable Pak Ignatius Jonan, has said that he had a discussion/meeting with the CEO of AirAsia, Tony Fernandez. From the said discussion/meeting, Tony Fernandez has admitted that flight QZ8501 was not in accordance with the permit.
For background information, AirAsia only had permission to fly the Surabaya-Singapore route on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The flight (QZ8501) which crashed took off on Sunday, December 28.
The Minister further stated (Tuesday 6-1-2015) that “Tony Fernandez has admitted to me of the unauthorised route.”
According to the said Minister, after having admitted the violation, Tony still hope that AirAsia will still be given the Surabaya – Singapore route. …
Please see below for the Kompas.Com report in Indonesian language and the link.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com (6-1-2015) – Menteri Perhubungan Ignasius Jonan mengaku sudah berbicara dengan CEO AirAsia Tony Fernandez. Dari pembicaraan itu, kata Jonan, Tony mengaku salah atas penerbangan AirAsia QZ8501 yang tak sesuai izin Kemenhub.
“Tony Fernandez mengaku salah ke saya tidak ada izin rute,” ujar Jonan di Kantor Kementerian Perhubungan, Jakarta, Selasa (6/1/2015).
Lebih lanjut menurut Jonan, setelah mengakui adanya kesalahan, Tony masih berharap AirAsia tetap bisa dapat rute Surabaya-Singapura. Bahkan kata Jonan, AirAsia akan kembali mengajukan izin rute kepada Kemenhub setelah investigasi kecelakaan AirAsia QZ 8501 selesai.
Sementara itu lanjut Jonan, terkait pembekuan rute AirAsia Surabaya-Singapura, CEO AirAsia tersebut menerimanya.
“Ya dia terima ini (rute) dibekukan. Tapi, dia berharap nanti akan diajukan kembali,” kata Jonan.
For full Kompas report read HERE.
Despite all the tweets and public relation exercises, things are getting more and more serious by the day for AirAsia/Tony Fernandez. With this statement from the Indonesian Minister of Transport, the future of AirAsia is not hard to be determined.
