Business Aviation News & Events

Gogo Repurchases 1.5 Million Shares of Common Stock from BlackRock

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) (“Gogo” or the “Company”), the world’s largest provider of broadband connectivity services for the business aviation market, today announced that it has agreed to repurchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock owned by affiliates of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), in a private transaction, for an aggregate... Continued

Gogo Announces Record Results and Updates 2022 Guidance

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) (“Gogo” or the “Company”), the world’s largest provider of broadband connectivity services for the business aviation market, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.  Q2 2022 Highlights Gogo announced its plans to launch the first low earth orbit (“LEO&rdquo... Continued

Gogo’s Nationwide 5G Network Construction Halfway Complete

BROOMFIELD, Colo. Gogo Business Aviation’s (NASDAQ: GOGO) nationwide 5G network construction is halfway to completion with the 75th site now online. Gogo 5G remains on budget and on schedule to launch in the second half of 2022.   “Getting to the 50% mark for our 150-tower 5G nationwide network in a matter of months is an incredible accomplishment by our team,” said... Continued

Gogo Inc. to Report Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results on August 5, 2022

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO), the world’s largest provider of broadband connectivity services for the business aviation market, today announced that it will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2022 before the market opens on August 5, 2022. The Company will host a conference call with financial analysts the same day at 9:30 a.m. (ET).  ... Continued

Gogo Business Aviation to Launch LEO Global Broadband Service

GENEVA (EBACE) – Gogo Business Aviation (NASDAQ: GOGO) today announced it will launch the first global broadband service in business aviation to use an electronically steered antenna (ESA) on a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite network.   Gogo’s exclusive antenna assembly, designed in conjunction with Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), will be small enough for installation... Continued

Avionics News: “Readying for 5G cabin connectivity”

One of the bright spots during the COVID-19 calamity was the sale of Gogo Inc.’s commercial aviation connectivity business to Intelsat S.A. for $400 million – a tidy sum in any year. One of the new ideas mentioned by Sergio Aguirre, Gogo’s president, will be the company’s introduction of its new high-speed, 5G network.

Robb Report: “Unlimited Streaming on Your Private Jet? This New Service Makes it Possible”

As WiFi on private jets becomes more mission-critical, providers are responding with novel solutions to make it faster, more reliable and packaged with added features. Gogo recently launched an upgraded in-flight entertainment service, Vision 360, for example. It offers unlimited streaming for television programming and news, more than 150 of the latest movies, plus access to 30 popular digital magazines. The service, which links to aircraft outfitted with Gogo’s L5, L3 or SCS systems, also features a moving 3-D map for tracking flights in real time and providing destination information.

Business Aviation Magazine: "Strategic Sale Opens Opportunities"

Sergio Aguirre, president, Gogo Business Aviation, talks to BAM editor Anthony Harrington about the company’s sale of its commercial airlines division to Intelsat and its experience through the pandemic.

Aviation International News (AIN): “Lower-cost Connectivity Options Expanding”

New satellite and air-to-ground (ATG) networks and coming improvements to first-generation connectivity systems are bringing lower cost, higher speed, and more compact Wi-Fi access to a growing number of aircraft, now extending from executive airliners to smaller general aviation aircraft. Here are some of the major developments to look for in 2021.

Aviation International News (AIN): “The need for inflight connectivity is more important than ever before”

At NBAA-VBACE 2020, Gogo hosted a panel discussion with some of its leaders, who discussed the myriad ways in which business aviation has transformed as it deals with, and recovers from, the impact of COVID-19.