JBJ Participacoes LTDA (JBJ Agropecuária) is the first customer for Gogo Galileo HDX in South America. With the installation complete, the Brazil-based farming corporation can, for the first time, optimize high-speed broadband delivered by the compact, electronically steered antenna, ESA, which links with the Eutelsat OneWeb Low Earth Orbit, LEO, constellation.
The terminal, which includes the Gogo Galileo half-duplex ESA and Gogo AVANCE SCS, is complemented by the Gogo Vision 360 service for comprehensive connectivity and inflight entertainment on the previously unconnected aircraft. The Gogo Galileo system also augments crew flight plan preparations, enables improved inflight weather monitoring, and supports the collection, aggregation, and analysis of operational data in real time for improved operational management.
The Brazilian MRO, TAM Aviação Executiva, a Gogo Brazil dealer, modified the Embraer Phenom 300E under a supplemental type certificate (STC) developed by Atlas Air Service in Germany. The STC approved by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is expected to be subsequently validated for certification by the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for the Brazilian market.
This first customer announcement demonstrates the bolstered value the recent Gogo acquisition of Satcom Direct brings to the South American business aviation sector. It simplifies access for business aviation owners and operators, military and government customers, to a complete portfolio of high- speed broadband solutions from a local single resource that understands the needs of the South American market. The brand’s expansion into the new territory is expected to be well-received in a sector that is growing rapidly.
