Gogo Business Aviation today announced a 10-year agreement with fractional jet provider NetJets to upgrade the company’s U.S. aircraft to Gogo’s broadband satellite services. This includes Gogo Avance L5 for air-to-ground 5G connectivity and Gogo Galileo, the company’s low-earth-orbit satellite service. NetJets Europe aircraft will have access to Gogo Galileo.
The two companies have been in partnership for the past 20 years. Gogo said the new deal would provide the entire NetJets fleet with the latest Avance platform. At press time, neither Gogo nor NetJets confirmed the number of aircraft that will be upgraded under this agreement.
Sergio Aguirre, Gogo’s president and COO, said the new agreement is an opportunity to build upon his company’s longstanding partnership with NetJets. “With more than 450 U.S. aircraft currently equipped with Gogo’s systems, upgrading to Avance L5 will improve performance by three times, and Gogo 5G will improve performance several times that,” he said. “Meanwhile, we are also bringing an even better experience to operators throughout Europe and around the world with Gogo Galileo.”
Gogo said its 5G services are launching in the third quarter and are expected to deliver 25 Mbps on average, with peak speeds in the 75 to 80 Mbps range. According to the company, 7,150 business aircraft are flying with its connectivity systems.