AirAsia route suspended

I guess you all have heard about all the plane crash that has happened with AirAsia. If you do not know kindly visit the following link to update yourself:

Update on missing AirAsia jet: 40 bodies & debris of jet found floating in sea

Not again! AirAsia plane carrying 153 people overshoots runway in Philippines.

 

After all this terrible incidents the airline route has been suspended.
AirAsia was founded by Tony Fernandes, currently the CEO, in 2001. It has had a spotless safety record until now.

Transport Minister Ignatious Jonan described the airline's breach as a "serious violation."

"How could they fly? Who would they have to approach to be able to make that flight. It would have to be the airport management or lobby air traffic control."

He said the investigation is expected to take about a week.

"It's not complicated. There is a checklist of what should and should not have been done."

He said penalties ranged from AirAsia losing the right to fly the Surabaya-Singapore route through to grounding the entire operation, "depending on the evidence from the investigation."

Flight QZ8501 took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya a little after 5:30 a.m. last Sunday. Just after 6:12 a.m., one of the pilots radioed air traffic control requesting permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet and turn left to avoid bad weather. Permission was given to turn but not to increase altitude. That was the last communication with the plane. At 6:18 a.m. it disappeared from radar.

In an statement earlier, the transport ministry said the airline "has violated the agreement on route given."