Gogo, turns a commercial airplane into a Wi-Fi hotspot with true inflight Internet access. Passengers with Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, smartphones and PDAs, can surf the Web, check e-mail, instant message, access a corporate VPN and more. Gogo Inflight Internet is available on all AirTran Airways and Virgin America flights, and select Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways flights.
Formerly known as Aircell, Gogo® has quickly become the world’s leading provider of inflight connectivity, and has revolutionized travel with a unique brand of exclusive in-air experiences. It all began in 1991 at a barbecue joint in Denison, Texas, where company founder Jimmy Ray sketched onto a paper napkin his visionary idea for a telephone system on aircraft. As a result of this eureka moment, Gogo later became the only company authorized by the FCC and FAA to use cellular frequencies for in-flight communication. Since then, Gogo has set a new standard for innovation. The exclusive FCC frequency license, awarded to Gogo in 2006, brought with it daunting challenges of design, patent, and deployment. Yet in less than two years’ time, Gogo had captured the world’s attention with the power of its proprietary Air-To-Ground broadband network – a network tailor-made for in-air connectivity.
In 2008, Gogo made its stunning debut on commercial aircraft, bringing robust Internet access to the skies and transforming the commercial air experience for modern travelers. Coast-to-coast, border-to-border, Gogo delivered broadband coverage to a place it had never been: 30,000 feet above the entire continental United States.