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Gogo CEO Doesn't Care Whether the Future of Wi-Fi Is Free or Not

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: Gogo CEO Michael Small talked about the future of in-flight Wi-Fi at the Skift Global Forum in Brooklyn on October 15. The screenshot is from a CNBC interview at the forum. CNBC

Skift Take

In-flight Wi-Fi, with satellite service coming, is going go to get a helluva lot better. But like the initial rollout of air-to-ground-based Wi-Fi, it is going to take years.

Gogo CEO Michael Small believes the future of in-flight Wi-Fi will be a "smart platform" that connects passengers to "everything," and from a business standpoint Gogo doesn't care whether airlines offer free or fee-based Wi-Fi to their passengers. "Bags fly free or they don't," said Small, seemingly comparing Southwest Airlines' policy of two free checked bags per passenger with airlines that use a sponsorship model and provide their customers with free, in-flight Wi-Fi. Small addressed the future of Wi-Fi October 15 at the Skift Global Forum in Brooklyn during interviews as part of the program and right after at the conference venue with CNBC [see vi

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