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irAsia has promised to honor the rights of the families of passengers on flight QZ8501 and will pay compensation according to the Indonesian government'€™s terms.

AirAsia Indonesia safety and security director Capt. Ahmad Sadikin said the airline would immediately make the payments as required by the government.

'€œAirAsia will remain responsible and we will provide insurance as is regulated by Transportation Ministry Decree No. 77/2011 [on air carrier responsibility],'€ said Sadikin on Thursday.

According to the decree, each of the victims is entitled to receive up to Rp 1.25 billion (US$98,625) in compensation.

'€œFor validation of beneficiaries, AirAsia has also involved a number of notaries and lawyers so they can arrange for the payment of claims to those legally entitled to get them,'€ said Sadikin.

AirAsia has already providedRp 300 million to the families of each of the victims to help them in the body-handling process. The funds are part of the Rp 1.25 billion to be paid out by the insurance companies, which will later be received by the affected families.

Aside from AirAsia compensation, data from the Financial Services Authority (OJK) indicated that 25 of the 155 passengers had purchased additional travel insurance from PT Dayin Mitra, in collaboration with AirAsia.

East Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara regional OJK office head Yunno Kusumo said his office had opened a service post on Thursday for the victims'€™ families to lodge their claims.

'€œThe post will later provide information to the families, including advocacy and mediation on various requirements to get the insurance payouts,'€ said Yunno.

The post has been set up on the fourth floor of the Bank Indonesia building at No. 105, Jl. Pahlawan, Surabaya, it will be open from Monday until Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Yunno said apart from the insurance affairs, victims'€™ families would also receive information on the savings of the victims, be they in the form of cash, fixed deposits, or credit.

President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo has expressed concern about adequate compensation for the next of kin of passengers on board flight QZ8501.

Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini has said her administration was ready to sue AirAsia should it ignore the rights of the victims'€™ families, adding that her administration has been continuing to collect data on the victims, including their valuables and belongings, which will later be used for insurance purposes and matters related to the beneficiary rights of the affected families

Separately, Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi recommended that any official found to have issued an illegal permit for the flight that crashed should be fired.

'€œI received a lot of complaints from the families of the crash victims who asked the government to act decisively against airline and government officials who committed violations,'€ said Yuddy.