CHICAGO,
Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO), the leading global provider of
broadband connectivity products and services for aviation,
announced today that it now has more than 500 aircraft flying with
its 2Ku technology with more than 400 of those installations taking
place in 2017.
The company has also shortened install times to around 30
hours, which is less than half the time that it typically takes to
install a broadband satellite connectivity
solution.
"We are setting a new industry standard in terms of
technology deployments in aviation. We continue to set the
bar higher in terms of speed of installation and will finish the
year within the install range we set for 2017," said John Wade, Gogo's executive vice president and
COO. "We know that when passengers experience the 2Ku
difference they travel happier which, in turn, makes our airline
partners happy. So, we are investing in finding ways to get
2Ku aircraft online as fast as we can."
Total awards for 2Ku inflight connectivity solution have
now surpassed 2,000 aircraft. Gogo has added more than 550 aircraft
awards in 2017 alone.
"2Ku is the best performing connectivity solution in the
market and that performance has resulted in the technology becoming
the most rapidly adopted broadband satellite connectivity solution
in the history of commercial aviation," said Michael Small, Gogo's president and
CEO. "While we continue to grow our backlog of 2Ku
aircraft, we are also focused operationally on making sure 2Ku also
becomes the most rapidly deployed technology in commercial aviation
history."
About Gogo:
Gogo is the Inflight Internet Company. We are the
leading global provider of broadband connectivity products and
services for aviation. We design and source innovative network
solutions that connect aircraft to the Internet and we develop
customizable services for our aviation partners. Once
connected, we provide industry leading reliability around the
world. Our mission is to help aviation go farther by making planes
fly smarter, so our aviation partners perform better and their
passengers travel happier. You can find Gogo's products and
services on thousands of aircraft operated by the leading global
commercial airlines and thousands of private aircraft, including
those of the largest fractional ownership operators. Gogo is
headquartered in Chicago, IL with
additional facilities in Broomfield,
CO and locations across the globe. Connect with us at
gogoair.com.
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