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Gogo names Delta first international connectivity partner

By lblachly
Created 2012-07-06 14:34

By Christine Boynton [1]
On the heels of several Gogo announcements regarding its deployment of a Ku-band satellite solution for international connectivity services, Delta Air Lines (DL) has announced it will begin offering the service on its long-haul international fleet of over 150 aircraft beginning in early 2013. The air-to-ground Gogo inflight Internet service is already equipped on its entire fleet of 550 domestic mainline aircraft.


Gogo last month announced a strategic MOU with global satellite operator SES for Ku-band satellite internet access (ATW Daily News, June 29 [2]), following an agreement with AeroSat for the satellite antenna, radome, antenna control and modem unit and high power transceiver (ATW Daily News, May 24 [3]).


Once completely outfitted in 2015, DL expects to operate approximately 1,000 Wi-Fi equipped aircraft worldwide. More than 800 DL aircraft—including all DL Connection two-class regional jets—are equipped with the service, accounting for more than 3,000 flights daily.<br><br>
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Its a great marketing move. Good things will come of it. As soon as your brand is synonymous with wifi the "I can haz internetz!" crowd will keep your seats full.
 
I think the international flights should have been the first to get the internet. Flying long haul is cool if you're in biz/first, but absolutely torture in the back. I can surf the internet indefinitely, will make the flight go by much much faster.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I think the international flights should have been the first to get the internet. Flying long haul is cool if you're in biz/first, but absolutely torture in the back. I can surf the internet indefinitely, will make the flight go by much much faster.
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It's difficult to buy some bandwidth in the US. Its a damn miracle that they were able negotiate it on an international level. We'll see if the charges reflect what I think it cost to secure some frequency space.
 
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