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Lobby Bar – November 16: Sound Sleep, Upgrades in the Mile-High Club, Counterfeiters, and New Years Resolutions

Lobby Bar – November 16: Sound Sleep, Upgrades in the Mile-High Club, Counterfeiters, and New Years Resolutions

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Gogo Upgrades In-Flight Internet Service

Gogo Upgrades In-Flight Internet Service

Gogo has launched ATG-4, its next generation connectivity technology, on Delta, US Airways, and Virgin America. The service is expected to allow more passengers to access the Internet by increasing capacity to the aircraft.
Gogo has already installed the upgraded service on over 25 domestic aircraft. It plans to launch offer its ATG-4 service on American Airlines flights, as well as United Airlines’ p.s. (premium service) fleet in 2013.
Gogo’s ATG-4 technology …

JetSuite to Outfit Entire Fleet with Wi-Fi Internet

JetSuite to Outfit Entire Fleet with Wi-Fi Internet

JetSuite has announced it will add Gogo Biz Internet service to its fleet of Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft by the spring of 2013. This move, along with the company’s recent addition of JetSuite Edition CJ3s, which are also equipped with Wi-Fi Internet service, will make JetSuite the first light jet charter brand to have an entire fleet outfitted with free Internet service.
Gogo Biz allows customers to enjoy high-speed Internet while …

Lufthansa FlyNet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Updated for 2012-2013

Lufthansa FlyNet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Updated for 2012-2013

Lufthansa continues to roll out its FlyNet in-flight Internet service to additional aircraft with service on more routes than ever before.  FlyNet was the world’s first in-flight Internet service, launching in 2004, and the current generation of the FlyNet service was introduced in 2010 on Lufthansa’s Airbus A330 aircraft in partnership with Panasonic Avionics and Deutsche Telekom.
Today, 70 % of the Lufthansa long-haul fleet is equipped with  FlyNet and by …

Gogo Vision to Expand Across Delta Connection Fleet

Gogo Vision to Expand Across Delta Connection Fleet

Gogo announced that it will expand its Gogo Vision wireless in-flight entertainment service to Delta’s entire two-class and Delta Connection fleet of Gogo equipped aircraft. Installation on the airline’s domestic fleet is expected to begin in 2012 and be completed by 2013, with new international Wi-Fi service that includes Gogo Vision expected to be completed by the end of 2015. By the end of the upgrade, more than 950 Delta …

Gogo to Provide Coverage Over Canada

Gogo to Provide Coverage Over Canada

Gogo announced that it will begin serving passengers on commercial and business aircraft flying over Canada with in-flight Internet access, beginning next year. Cell site construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, and the network is scheduled to be in operation by the end of 2013.
The network will focus primarily on Canadian routes which are already being served by Gogo’s existing U.S. and Canadian commercial …