AirAsia bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on all its flights

CHENNAI: AirAsia will not allow

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

mobile phones onboard any of its flights, including its flights in India, from midnight October 17 due to safety concerns.

The prohibition applies to all flights operated by AirAsia Group --

AirAsia India

,

AirAsia Malaysia

, AirAsia Thailand, AirAsia Indonesia, AirAsia Philippines, Malaysia AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia X.

This follows recent US Department of Transport's ban on the device and reports of phones catching fire .

Guests are not permitted to carry Galaxy Note 7 - including recalled and replacement devices - on their person, in cabin bags, in check-in baggage and as cargo, said a press release.

Any guests found with the device would be denied boarding, it said.