US Airways will remove in-flight movies from domestic flights to save about $10 million a year in fuel and other costs.

The carrier decided to pull the entertainment systems because the number of people paying $5 for headsets has dropped as money spent on jet fuel, maintenance and studio fees has climbed. Also the video systems add about 500 pounds to a plane's weight, increasing fuel use.

"We simply can't afford to do it anymore," Travis Christ, US Airways vice president for sales and marketing, said Tuesday.

The systems will be turned off Nov. 1 and removed from the Airbus SAS A320-family aircraft as the planes undergo other maintenance, the Tempe-based carrier said. The aircraft are used to fly in the U.S. and to Mexico and the Caribbean. Movies are shown only on flights of at least 2 1/2 hours.