Chicago-based United Airlines is opening its seatback entertainment powered by DirecTV to all customers for free. United's announcement comes in the midst of a transition at American and United to move away from integrated seatback entertainment screens and towards digital, streaming entertainment built for bring-your-own devices. Last July, United confirmed to Runwaygirl Network that it was removing seatback screens from a selection of its 757 fleet. Other narrowbody aircraft that the company has ordered in the last year have been missing seatback screens. Last April, United announced that it would offer free streaming entertainment on top of the paid service offered by DirecTV.

Source: Forbes February 02, 2019 23:03 UTC