Traveling Blog: Weekend Review: Gogo Wi-Fi Often a No-Go + 5 Big Themes Defining Travel

May 5, 2018

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Note From the Editor

Sometimes it takes an outsider, or at least a C-Suite newcomer, to tell it like it is and bring in a fresh perspective. Oakleigh Thorne, who's been on the job as CEO of Gogo for two months, isn't exactly an interloper: He's been on the board and he owns 30 percent of the company. But he's saying things publicly that have gone unsaid for years — namely that Gogo, which once almost had a monopoly on in-flight Wi-Fi on board U.S. airlines, has lost its mojo. And that Wi-Fi connectivity up in the air often sucked. It wasn't exactly an effective sales pitch, though, if indeed Thorne is trying to sell the company.

— Dennis Schaal, Executive Editor

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