Gogo's First Airline Deal in China!
Gogo just announced the largest announced in-flight connectivity airline deal in China to date. They signed a term sheet with Beijing based Shareco Technologies to install its 2Ku in-flight connectivity technology on 50 commercial aircraft for Shareco's airline partners, including Hainan Airlines and Beijing Capital Airlines. This brings Gogo's current total backlog to 850, with the goal of having 75 planes equipped with 2Ku Wi-Fi by the end of 2016 and another at least 700 over the following year or two.
The full press release can be viewed at Gogo's site.
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