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Gogo, American Airlines and Viasat

In last week's earnings call Gogo indicated that expected service revenue for its North America Commercial Aviation segment would be flat YoY in 2018. Considering the impending loss of some 400 American Airlines aircraft from its service fleet (~15%) that's a tough...

United Airlines and Viasat Sign Contract to Bring High-Speed Connectivity to 737 MAX

Viasat announced a new contract with United Airlines to bring it's latest generation in-flight entertainment and connectivity system to more than 70 aircraft, including at least 58 of United's new Boeing 737MAX aircraft.  This means Viasat will now be the direct...

Premium #330 – Connectivity keeps improving

We have been tracking demand for aircraft connectivity for some time.  There are several news stories that further underscore the point that demand for connectivity seems to have no upper limit. Icelandair will equip its 737 MAX fleet with ViaSat connectivity. The...

jetBlue and free Wi-Fi: Competing on Service

It had to come.  Who even pays for Wi-Fi anymore?  Your correspondent does not on Delta, because of a very useful deal between T-Mobile and GoGo.  T-Mobile customers get free access allowing for Twitter and Facebook.  These two apps are great boredom solutions. The...