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Japan Transocean Air
(JTA) Latest to Select
Gogo 2Ku
Sept. 29, 2015
Gogo announced today
that JTA is the latest
airline to select 2Ku –
Gogo's next generation
connectivity solution.
JTA, a member of the
Japan Airlines group,
has awarded its new
737-800 aircraft to Gogo
for installation of
Gogo's 2Ku in-flight
connectivity solution.
In addition, passengers
on these aircraft will
receive Gogo's wireless
in-flight entertainment
service – Gogo Vision.
"We are excited to
partner with JTA to
bring what we believe
will be the best
performing connectivity
solution for global
aviation to its
aircraft," said
Michael Small,
Gogo's president and
CEO. "Eight
commercial airlines
around the world have
agreed to deploy 2Ku on
more than 550 aircraft.
This is over half of the
aircraft committed in
the industry since we
announced 2Ku. The
adoption rate is
unprecedented and
clearly demonstrates
that airlines realize
the benefits of 2Ku and
partnering with Gogo."
Gogo is several weeks
into flight testing of
2Ku and the tests
completed to date have
exceeded expectations.
The flight tests have
demonstrated that 2Ku
can deliver more
bandwidth at less cost
than gimbaled satellite
antennae used on
aircraft today.
"2Ku brings reliable,
high capacity
connectivity to the
global aviation market,
and I'm excited to see
it performing so well in
flight," added Mr.
Small. "As the
market leader, we had
the opportunity to
evaluate every available
technology and found
significant shortfalls
with each. We
engineered 2Ku to be the
best of all worlds.
Other technologies in
this market, whether
based in the Ka- or
Ku-band, cannot, we
believe, match the
combination of speed,
reliability and global
availability offered by
2Ku."
2Ku is capable of
matching or exceeding
the bandwidth of any
other system currently
offered, including
regional Ka-band
solutions, while
benefiting from the
global coverage,
resiliency and certainty
of supply provided by
the more than 100
satellites in the
Ku-band. By
contrast, systems based
in the Ka-band are only
able to access a few
satellites. The
recent flight tests
demonstrate that 2Ku's
proprietary antenna
design delivers at least
twice the performance of
any gimbaled antennae
currently in the market,
regardless of spectrum
band, and uniquely
solves the "skew angle"
problem that plagues
current generation
systems when aircraft
are flying in tropical
regions.
2Ku's benefits span
all forms of IP traffic,
as shown by the recent
successful flight tests,
which included
concurrent streaming
video use on multiple
devices and everything
from web browsing to VPN
access. 2Ku is also an
excellent solution for
delivering live
television programming
via IPTV. As previously
announced, Gogo expects
to launch its Gogo TV
service in 2016.
While 2Ku system
testing continues, Gogo
is making rapid progress
towards the commercial
launch scheduled for
later this year.
Initial installations
are complete at
Aeromexico and in
progress at Virgin
Atlantic.
Beginning in early 2016,
installations are
expected to ramp up on
other airline partners,
including Air Canada,
Delta, GOL and United.
During 2016, Gogo
anticipates completing
retrofit installations
on fleet types that
include the Airbus 320,
330 and 340 families and
the Boeing 737, 747 and
757 families and, while
Gogo continues to
advance its line fit
programs with the
airline manufacturers
for future new delivery
aircraft.
"We pride ourselves
on providing the most
trusted services in the
industry across multiple
technology generations,"
continued Mr. Small.
"With 2Ku we believe
that we now have the
best solution in the
market for larger
aircraft. Its
performance is unmatched
today and will be
upgraded to higher
speeds as newer spot
beams become available.
In addition, we are
continuing our next
generation air-to-ground
(ATG) development
efforts, targeting
industry leading
performance for smaller
and more regionally
focused aircraft.
We are proud that our
initial ATG technology
disrupted this space and
transformed the
in-flight experience
years ago, and we expect
our technology roadmap
to drive continued
expansion of our
leadership position
through new and better
solutions."
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