Gol plans live TV services as connectivity ramps up

Gol plans to launch a live TV service by the end of Q2, as it pushes ahead with plans to equip its Boeing 737-700 and -800s with Gogo on-board connectivity. Twenty-two of Gol’s 120 aircraft offer on-board connectivity and streaming through Gogo’s 2Ku satellite technology, the airline’s chief experience officer Paulo Miranda said. “We are getting fairly close with who will be our provider for the TV channel,” Miranda said. Miranda said the airline wants to equip a total of 78 aircraft with the technology by the end of 2018, and the whole fleet by Oct 2018. It takes 5–6 days to equip an aircraft, he added. Gol is offering free connectivity as part of a trial phase, but it plans to start charging for the service around the same time as the live TV service launches. <br/>