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SmartSky $1B Lawsuit Accuses Gogo of Illegal Monopoly
Complaint claims Gogo forced only competitor out of air-to-ground market
SmartSky lite antenna
SmartSky lite antenna. © Barry Ambrose/AIN

In an antitrust lawsuit filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, SmartSky Networks accused Gogo Business Aviation of “illegal monopolistic practices in the air-to-ground (ATG) broadband inflight connectivity market for business aviation…The lawsuit seeks substantial damages potentially exceeding $1 billion.” 

Gogo’s alleged behavior “ultimately forced its only ATG competitor out of the market,” according to the lawsuit. SmartSky shut down its ATG network on August 16 without warning customers that their airborne connectivity was suddenly ending.