Gogo Inc. said that its in-flight Wi-Fi service has gone live on the first aircraft in Delta’s long-haul international fleet, available as of yesterday on the route from Los Angeles to Tokyo and Atlanta to Tokyo on a Delta 747-400.
It’s the first aircraft equipped with Gogo’s Ku-band satellite service. Gogo is equipping all of Delta’s international fleet with wireless connectivity by the end of 2015. Michael Small, president and CEO of Gogo, said that Delta will “soon have more than 1,000 planes including all two-class regional, domestic and international aircraft flying with Gogo’s connectivity services.”
Gogo, which went public in June of last year, has more than 2,000 systems installed on planes. The company has expanded its offerings to include services for business aviation, a text and talk offering and international service to Canada. This week, it announced a partnership with Samsung to offer free Gogo access for a year, or up to 36 flights, on four different Samsung Galaxy tablets.
Gogo saw its revenues grow by 46% year-over-year to $92.6 million in the fourth quarter of last year, although the company still posted a net loss of $22.1 million. Gogo has a webcast planned for April 8 to announce its next generation of technology.
