All AirAsia Indonesia flight schedules to be probed

A government official told Reuters today that the move was part of a government investigation into the Airbus A320-200 plane crash.

"We are going to investigate all AirAsia flight schedules," the report quoted Djoko Murjatmodjo, acting general director for air navigation in the transport ministry, as saying.

"Hopefully we can start on next Monday. We won't focus on licences, just schedules."

"It might be possible to revoke AirAsia's license in Indonesia," Djoko added.

Earlier today, it was reported that Flight QZ8501 might have been flying on an unauthorised schedule.

The airline has allegedly violated the letter of authorisation of the Director General of Civil Aviation republic, dated October 24, 2014, which only allows the Surabaya-Singapore flights to be conducted on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Flight QZ8501, which was carrying 155 passengers and seven crew members, however was flying on Sunday last week.

Kemenhub has temporarily suspended the AirAsia flights to Surabaya-Singapore route, effective today.

The announcement was made by its Public Communication Centre head, JA Batara over suspicion that the airline may have violated an agreement on the number of times it is allowed to ply the flight path.

Kemenhub will, however, reconsider the ban after an investigation into the incident has been conducted by the National Transportation Safety Committee of Indonesia.