Articles tagged “ife”

The New York Times published a story a few days ago headlined, Tech Hacks to Make Traveling Right Now Less of a Headache.

Let's hope the deal talks will go faster than Wi-Fi aboard a plane.

How much of a future does Gogo have as an independent public company? We'll see. But it sounds like the new CEO is open to pursuing alternatives.

Something seems off about this. Yes, Gogo CEO Michael Small probably had to go. But shouldn't the company have chosen a new CEO with a background in telecommunications?

Airline in-flight entertainment systems never age well. They're expensive, and they're often heavy, so airlines burn more fuel having them on board. Why do they persist? Passengers — even those who bring their own devices — tend to like them. But can airlines keep installing these systems forever?

Maybe five years ago, it would have been bad news if an airline decided not to add in-seat screens. But times change, and many passengers prefer to watch content on their own screens. This is not a big deal.

Few things annoy passengers as much as having no entertainment on a long flight, so this change is long overdue. Customers should be pleased.

Millions of passengers fly every day. Millions upon millions more will fly in the coming decades. All of them are active consumers. When you run the numbers, that’s a very attractive market for advertisers. If they get the mix right, and we get free Wi-Fi out of it, we may not even mind being sold to when we fly.

Tweeting threats from inside an aircraft is not a way to prove you have what it takes to keep aviation safe. But anyone with two fingers of sense knows that.

The Japan Airlines deal is a big development for Gogo as it involves satellite -- and not air to ground -- service, and marks its expansion beyond the U.S. and into Asia.