American Airlines Has Changed Its Mind in a Big Way
About a decade ago, American Airlines began moving away from putting screens on the back of its seats on its aircraft. In fact, just last year, American made the decision to remove the screens from final short-to-medium haul aircraft with seatback screens. Now, American has changed its mind. Last week, American Airlines announced a rather stunning reversal of this policy as the airline announced that it would be bringing seatback screens back to its narrow-body planes over the next few years. American Initially Ended Seatback Screens Back in August of 2025, I wrote about American Airlines deciding to remove its seatback screens from its A319 aircraft – the final short-to-medium haul aircraft in its fleet that was equipped with seatback screens. It followed a larger plan from American Airlines as the carrier began phasing out the seatback screens on its aircraft a decade ago. Instead of a seatback screen, American Airlines offered free entertainment to customers on t...
