American Airlines drops lawsuit over Gogo Wi-Fi contract

American Airlines has dismissed its lawsuit seeking to break a contract with Gogo over inflight Internet service. The lawsuit sought a ruling on whether American could switch inflight Wi-Fi providers for about 200 of its 737 jets. The Gogo contract was for ground-to-air technology; American wanted to switch to ViaSat, which uses newer, satellite-based technology. “If Gogo chooses to submit a proposal in response to a competitive offering, we will evaluate it,” an American spokesman said. “No decisions have been made as to the future of Wi-Fi service on the fleet covered by this contract.” Gogo dropped its demand for system performance information from American and said the airline had triggered a 45-day deadline for Gogo to submit a competitive proposal, according to a Feb 17 filing. <br/>