We re in the process of upgrading to gogo 2ku satellite wi fi service which will let you stream browse and chat from gate departure to gate arrival.
Gogo 2ku satellite wifi.
As gogo rolls out its newest product a satellite system known as 2ku we hope to see better speed and reliability across the board.
2ku service will also be offered on airbus a330 900neo aircraft when they.
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New deliveries of american airlines 737max come with viasat installed.
2ku also has global coverage which means guests onboard alaska aircraft will have service from gate to gate nearly everywhere they fly including to popular destinations like mexico and costa rica and over the ocean to hawaii where.
Legacy aa 321s are adding viasat and already have power ports.
The system uses a special antenna to connect to ku band satellites offering speedy coverage during 98 of flight routes with a slim top mounted design that avoids creating extra drag resulting in fuel savings for the airline.
Perhaps in a hurry to get satellite based internet on all of its aircraft as soon as possible aa didn t give viasat the entirety of its satellite based wi fi installation business.
That led gogo to move on from atg which utilized special cell towers on the ground in favor of a much improved satellite based alternative called 2ku.
Delta has the largest current fleet of gogo 2ku aircraft and the largest commitment to 2ku of any airline in the world set to install over 600 aircraft with high speed wi fi for domestic and international flights over the next two years.
According to gogo over 2 500 commercial aircraft and 6 600 business aircraft have been equipped with its onboard wi fi services.
Gogo 2ku is the industry s leading high speed satellite inflight connectivity solution and delivers an internet experience comparable to what guests have on the ground including the ability to stream video from the most popular streaming video services.
The company is also the developer of 2ku the new in flight satellite based wi fi technology.
Since t mobile partners with gogo to provide its customers 1 hour of wi fi for free this can result in what amounts to a traffic jam on the inflight network.
When next generation satellites come online 2ku s dual antenna coupled with our next generation modem has the capacity to deliver peak speeds of 200 mbps to the aircraft.
With 4x the surface area of conventional aero antennas 2ku delivers superior performance and double the spectral efficiency delivering more bandwidth for less cost.
Instead it also chose to work with gogo to install its fastest 2ku option on 146 of the airline s legacy us airways lus domestic fleet.