The number of securities classified as temporary equity that have been sold (or granted) to the entity's shareholders. Securities issued include securities outstanding and securities held in treasury. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. If convertible, the issuer does not control the actions or events necessary to issue the maximum number of shares that could be required to be delivered under the conversion option if the holder exercises the option to convert the stock to another class of equity. If the security is a warrant or a rights issue, the warrant or rights issue is considered to be temporary equity if the issuer cannot demonstrate that it would be able to deliver upon the exercise of the option by the holder in all cases. Includes stock with put option held by ESOP and stock redeemable by holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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The number of securities classified as temporary equity that have been issued and are held by the entity's shareholders. Securities outstanding equals securities issued minus securities held in treasury. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. If convertible, the issuer does not control the actions or events necessary to issue the maximum number of shares that could be required to be delivered under the conversion option if the holder exercises the option to convert the stock to another class of equity. If the security is a warrant or a rights issue, the warrant or rights issue is considered to be temporary equity if the issuer cannot demonstrate that it would be able to deliver upon the exercise of the option by the holder in all cases. Includes stock with put option held by ESOP and stock redeemable by holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenue:
Service revenue	$ 63,790	$ 41,934	$ 180,725	$ 118,598
Equipment revenue	21,589	15,906	54,845	51,394
Total revenue	85,379	57,840	235,570	169,992
Operating expenses:
Cost of service revenue (exclusive of items shown below)	35,191	21,075	92,296	58,140
Cost of equipment revenue (exclusive of items shown below)	9,614	8,258	25,391	23,016
Engineering, design and development	11,322	9,129	35,940	24,441
Sales and marketing	7,608	6,848	21,298	19,588
General and administrative	18,878	11,896	49,687	35,929
Depreciation and amortization	13,664	9,266	41,218	26,693
Total operating expenses	96,277	66,472	265,830	187,807
Operating loss	(10,898)	(8,632)	(30,260)	(17,815)
Other (income) expense:
Interest income	(14)	(37)	(47)	(62)
Interest expense	7,490	4,206	21,780	4,805
Fair value derivative adjustment			36,305	(9,640)
Other income	(2)	21	(2)	21
Total other (income) expense	7,474	4,190	58,036	(4,876)
Loss before income taxes	(18,372)	(12,822)	(88,296)	(12,939)
Income tax provision	346	222	888	671
Net loss	(18,718)	(13,044)	(89,184)	(13,610)
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return		(13,328)	(29,277)	(38,233)
Accretion of preferred stock		(2,638)	(5,285)	(7,836)
Net loss attributable to common stock	$ (18,718)	$ (29,010)	$ (123,746)	$ (59,679)
Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$ (0.22)	$ (4.27)	$ (3.48)	$ (8.78)
Weighted average number of shares-basic and diluted	84,097	6,798	35,521	6,798

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net loss	$ (18,718)	$ (13,044)	$ (89,184)	$ (13,610)
Currency translation adjustments, net of tax	81	28	(141)	28
Comprehensive loss	$ (18,637)	$ (13,016)	$ (89,325)	$ (13,582)

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Operating activities:
Net loss	$ (89,184)	$ (13,610)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	41,218	26,693
Fair value derivative adjustment	36,305	(9,640)
Loss on asset disposals/abandonments	79	1,121
Deferred income taxes	653	602
Stock compensation expense	3,168	2,586
Amortization of deferred financing costs	1,993	411
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(2,705)	1,748
Inventories	(2,739)	472
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(2,867)	6
Canadian ATG license payments	95	(3,276)
Deposits on satellite services	(4,774)
Other non-current assets	326	(145)
Accounts payable	(1,670)	1,048
Accrued liabilities	9,032	5,256
Deferred airborne lease incentives	8,118	6,011
Deferred revenue	5,380	3,492
Deferred rent	(48)	490
Other non-current liabilities	192	380
Net cash provided by operating activities	2,572	23,645
Investing activities:
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment	220	609
Purchases of property and equipment	(82,981)	(45,458)
Acquisition of intangible assets-capitalized software	(11,034)	(9,011)
Acquisition of Airfone, includes $1.0 million in restricted cash at September 30, 2013	(9,344)
(Increase) decrease in investing restricted cash	323	(150)
Net cash used in investing activities	(102,816)	(54,010)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriter commissions	173,910
Proceeds from credit facility	113,000	135,000
Payment of debt, including capital leases	(4,479)	(1,324)
Payment of additional offering costs	(3,660)	(3,238)
Payment of debt issuance costs	(6,975)	(9,630)
Other	580
Net cash provided by financing activities	272,376	120,808
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(17)	30
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	172,115	90,473
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	112,576	42,591
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	284,691	133,064
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	17,741	4,356
Cash paid for taxes	228	174
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment in current liabilities	10,540	9,246
Purchases of property and equipment paid by commercial airlines	5,430	1,596
Purchases of property and equipment under capital leases	3,567	222
Acquisition of intangible assets-capitalized in current liabilities	1,193	1,577
Asset retirement obligation incurred	204	128
Class A and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	29,277	38,233
Accretion of preferred stock	5,285	7,836
Equity financing costs included in current liabilities	$ 198	$ 850

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	Total	Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ (445,777)				$ 9,110		$ (20)	$ (454,867)
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2012			6,798,017
Net loss	(89,184)							(89,184)
Class A senior convertible preferred stock and Class B senior convertible preferred stock return	(29,277)							(29,277)
Accretion on preferred stock	(5,285)							(5,285)
Currency translation adjustments, net of tax	(141)						(141)
Stock compensation expense	3,168				3,168
Stock option exercises	580				580
Stock option exercises, Shares	63,860		63,860
Issuance of common stock, net of fees	170,052		1		170,051
Issuance of common stock, net of fees, Shares			11,000,000
Conversion of convertible preferred stock (including embedded derivative liability)		685,245		7		685,238
Conversion of convertible preferred stock (including embedded derivative liability), Shares				66,235,473
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2013	$ 289,381		$ 8		$ 868,147		$ (161)	$ (578,613)
Ending Balance, Shares at Sep. 30, 2013			84,097,350

Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation	Sep. 30, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	1. Basis of Presentation *The Business—Gogo Inc. (“we, us, our,” etc.) is a holding company, which through its operating subsidiaries is a provider of in-flight connectivity and wireless in-cabin digital entertainment solutions. Effective January 1, 2013, we realigned our operating segments into the following three segments: Commercial Aviation North America or “CA-NA,” Commercial Aviation Rest of World or “CA-ROW” and Business Aviation or “BA”. We previously reported three segments: commercial aviation or CA, International, and BA. The realignment is intended to better align our reporting structure to the way in which we manage our business. The BA segment was not impacted by the realignment. Prior period segment disclosures have been restated to conform to the current year presentation. Our CA-NA business provides “Gogo^®” branded in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to commercial airline passengers flying routes that begin and end within North America, which for this purpose includes the continental United States (including Alaska), Canada and Mexico. Through our CA-ROW business we intend to provide in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to passengers flying on foreign-based commercial airlines and international flights of U.S.-based commercial airlines. This includes routes that begin or end outside of North America (as defined above) for which our international service is provided. Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012. Our BA business sells equipment for in-flight telecommunications and provides in-flight internet connectivity and other voice and data communications products and services to the business aviation market. BA services include Gogo Biz, our in-flight broadband service that utilizes both our air-to-ground (“ATG”) network and our ATG spectrum, and satellite-based voice and data services through our strategic alliances with satellite companies. Basis of Presentation—The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and in conformity with Article 10 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with our annual audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of interim periods have been made. All adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature, except as otherwise disclosed. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented herein include the financial statements of our wholly-owned subsidiaries and our affiliate, AC Management LLC (“ACM”). We are the managing member of ACM, an affiliate whose units are owned by members of management. ACM was established for the sole purpose of providing an ownership stake in us to members of management, and ACM’s transactions effectively represent a share-based compensation plan. Since we are the managing member of ACM and thereby control ACM, including controlling which members of management are granted ownership interests, ACM is included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The results of operations and cash flows for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. On June 20, 2013, we priced our Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of 11,000,000 shares of our common stock and such shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 21, 2013. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share. Upon consummation of the IPO, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock converted into 66,235,473 shares of common stock. As described in Note 3, “Preferred Stock and Common Stock” to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (our “Prospectus”), the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Class A Preferred Stock”) provided for a minimum return upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, such as an IPO. The additional common shares issued in connection with such minimum return upon the consummation of the IPO are included in the number of common shares above into which the preferred stock converted. In connection with our IPO our Board of Directors authorized a 103 for 1 split of our common stock which was effected on June 17, 2013. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements give retroactive effect to the stock split. Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates the significant estimates and bases such estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Under agreements with certain of our airline partners to upgrade certain fleets to our new ATG-4 airborne equipment from our existing ATG airborne equipment, on a quarterly basis we reassess the useful lives of the ATG component parts requiring replacement. As a result of our analysis, we shortened the useful lives of these component parts to be consistent with when the aircraft are expected to be upgraded under this retrofit program. The change in estimated useful lives related to this specific retrofit program resulted in $0.5 million and $4.0 million increases in the accelerated depreciation recorded in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, which increased net loss per basic and fully diluted share by $0.01 and $0.11, respectively, for those periods. We expect to incur an additional $1.6 million of accelerated depreciation through the third quarter of 2014. The weighted average useful life of our ATG component parts scheduled to be upgraded under this retrofit program before and after the reassessment was seven years and 3.7 years, respectively. The useful lives of ATG component parts not scheduled to be upgraded as part of this retrofit program remained at seven years. Comprehensive Income/Loss*—Comprehensive income/loss for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 is net loss plus unrealized losses on foreign currency translation adjustments.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements	9 Months Ended
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	Sep. 30, 2013
Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-02, FASB Finalizes New Disclosure Requirements for Reclassification Adjustments Out of AOCI (“ASU 2013-02”). This pronouncement adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). ASU 2013-02 is intended to help entities improve the transparency of changes in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and items reclassified out of AOCI in their financial statements. It does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or OCI in the financial statements. This guidance, which we adopted effective January 1, 2013, did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Exists (“ASU 2013-11”). This pronouncement provides guidance on financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. ASU 2013-11 is intended to eliminate the diversity in practice in presenting such items. We will adopt this guidance as of January 1, 2014. Adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The entire disclosure of changes in accounting principles, including adoption of new accounting pronouncements, that describes the new methods, amount and effects on financial statement line items.

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Net Loss Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Loss Per Share

3. Net Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share have been calculated in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260”), using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Our previously outstanding Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Class B Preferred Stock”) and Junior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Junior Preferred Stock”) were all considered participating securities requiring the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share. In periods of a net loss attributable to common stock, the three classes of preferred stock were excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share either due to the fact that they are not required to fund losses or because the redemption amount is not reduced as a result of losses.

For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 all outstanding shares of common stock underlying ACM units and stock options were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive. Additionally, for the nine month period ended September 30, 2013 the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock for the period prior to their conversion into common stock upon the IPO were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share using the two-class method (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three
	Months Ended			For the Nine Months
	September 30,			Ended September 30,
	2012			2013			2012
Net loss	$	(13,044	)	$	(89,184	)	$	(13,610	)
Less: Preferred stock return		13,328			29,277			38,233
Less: Accretion of preferred stock		2,638			5,285			7,836

Undistributed losses	$	(29,010	)	$	(123,746	)	$	(59,679	)

Common stock undistributed losses	$	(29,010	)	$	(123,746	)	$	(59,679	)
Class A Preferred Stock undistributed losses		—			—			—
Class B Preferred Stock undistributed losses		—			—			—
Junior Preferred Stock undistributed losses		—			—			—

Undistributed losses	$	(29,010	)	$	(123,746	)	$	(59,679	)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted		6,798			35,521			6,798

Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$	(4.27	)	$	(3.48	)	$	(8.78	)

The entire disclosure for earnings per share.

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Inventories

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

4. Inventories

Inventories consist primarily of telecommunications systems and parts, and are recorded at the lower of cost (average cost) or market. We evaluate the need for write-downs associated with obsolete, slow-moving, and nonsalable inventory by reviewing net realizable inventory values on a periodic basis.

Inventories as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all of which were included within the BA segment, were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Work-in-process component parts	$	12,034	$	9,997
Finished goods		2,854		2,152

	$	14,888	$	12,149

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts

5. Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts

Property and equipment as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures	$	18,181		$	15,895
Leasehold improvements		7,378			7,152
Airborne equipment		215,277			163,896
Network equipment		125,825			96,000

		366,661			282,943
Accumulated depreciation		(115,651	)		(85,269	)

Property and equipment, net	$	251,010		$	197,674

Other non-current assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Canadian ATG license payments ⁽¹⁾	$	2,883	$	3,080
Deposits on satellite technology solutions equipment and airborne equipment		4,292		5,747
Deposits on satellite services		3,183		—
Other		1,710		2,036

Total other non-current assets	$	12,068	$	10,863

(1)

See Note 19, “Canadian ATG License” for further information.

Accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Employee benefits	$	14,292	$	11,212
Airline revenue share		8,895		6,261
Property, use, sales, and income tax		3,062		2,917
Airborne installation costs		786		2,866
Airborne equipment		3,289		9,343
Airfone Acquisition related liabilities ⁽¹⁾		4,723		—
Other		14,841		13,353

Total accrued liabilities	$	49,888	$	45,952

(1)

See Note 6, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.

Airfone Acquisition	9 Months Ended
Airfone Acquisition	Sep. 30, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Airfone Acquisition	6. Airfone Acquisition On April 11, 2013, we consummated the acquisition of LiveTV Airfone, LLC (“Airfone”) which had more than 1,000 subscribers for its airborne voice communication services and a Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) license for 1 MHz of ATG spectrum held by LiveTV, LLC (“LiveTV”). The purchase price for the acquisition was $9.3 million. In connection with the acquisition, we also agreed to license certain intellectual property rights from LiveTV. In connection with our ongoing integration of Airfone, we have determined that Airfone over-billed its customers for and may have under-remitted FCC-mandated Federal Universal Service Fund (“FUSF”) fees to Universal Services Administrative Company (“USAC”). As a result, Airfone may need to remit additional amounts to USAC and, due to the difference between amounts collected and remitted, may owe refunds to its customers. Although we are continuing to review Airfone’s records, based on facts currently known by us, we believe that the aggregate amount of any under-remittances to USAC and liability to Airfone customers for the period beginning January 1, 2008 and ending March 31, 2013 is approximately $3.7 million. As we continue our review the aggregate amount of Airfone’s liability both to USAC and to Airfone customers could increase or decrease, possibly materially. In addition, to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Airfone under-remitted FUSF fees to USAC, Airfone may be subject to enforcement action by the FCC, which could result in, among other things, interest payments, penalties and fines. To the extent that it is ultimately determined that Airfone has a liability to the FCC, USAC and/or to Airfone’s customers, we believe that we have the benefit of an indemnity provision, including a $1 million escrow account, under our purchase agreement with LiveTV. If for any reason the indemnification under the LiveTV purchase agreement is unavailable or insufficient to cover such liabilities, our financial position, cash flows and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. The Airfone acquisition is being accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting and the results of operations are included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price included $0.4 million of trade receivables, $0.2 million of prepaid expenses and other current assets, $2.2 million of property and equipment, $8.3 million of intangibles (which includes $7.1 million for customer lists, $0.2 million for trademarks and $1.0 million of indefinite lived assets related to the 1 MHz of ATG spectrum), $3.7 million of goodwill, $3.7 million of accrued liabilities (which includes the potential liability to the FCC, USAC and/or Airfone’s customers as noted above) and $1.7 million of asset retirement obligations. Of the $9.3 million purchase price, $1.0 million remained in escrow and is included in long-term restricted cash along with a corresponding amount in accrued liabilities in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. The goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair market value of the identifiable net assets acquired and is equal to the $3.7 million estimated liability to the FCC, USAC and/or customers noted above which increased $0.7 million during the three month period ended September 30, 2013 due to additional information we received during our continued investigation. This purchase price allocation is preliminary as we are in the process of determining the following: 1) valuation amounts for certain intangible assets acquired; 2) the acquisition date fair value of certain prepaid assets and liabilities assumed, including the potential liability to the FCC, USAC and/or Airfone’s customers noted above, and the assumed asset retirement obligations; and 3) the associated resulting goodwill. We have recorded preliminary estimates for certain of the items noted above, and will record adjustments, if any, to the preliminary amounts upon finalization of the valuations. This acquisition did not have a material impact on our financial statements. Accordingly, we have not presented pro forma disclosures.

The entire disclosure for a business combination (or series of individually immaterial business combinations) completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. The disclosure may include leverage buyout transactions (as applicable).

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

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Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Intangible Assets

7. Intangible Assets

Our intangible assets are comprised of both indefinite and finite-lived intangible assets. Intangible assets with indefinite lives and goodwill are not amortized, but are reviewed for impairment at least annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. We perform our annual impairment tests of our indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. We reevaluate the useful life of the indefinite-lived intangible assets each reporting period to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support an indefinite useful life. The results of our annual indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill impairment assessments in the fourth quarter of 2012 indicated no impairment.

Changes in the carrying value of goodwill are as follows (in thousands):


	CA-NA		CA-ROW		BA		Total
Balance at January 1, 2013	$	—	$	—	$	620	$	620
Acquisition of Airfone ⁽¹⁾		—		—		3,699		3,699

Balance at September 30, 2013	$	—	$	—	$	4,319	$	4,319

(1)

See Note 6, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.

Our finite-lived intangible assets, other than software, relate exclusively to our BA segment. We amortize our finite-lived intangible assets over their estimated useful lives. Our intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands, except for weighted average remaining useful life):


	Weighted
	Average		As of September 30, 2013							As of December 31, 2012
	Remaining		Gross					Net		Gross					Net
	Useful Life		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	(in years)		Amount		Amortization			Amount		Amount		Amortization			Amount
Amortized intangible assets:
Software		3.4	$	66,884	$	(39,760	)	$	27,124	$	58,765	$	(35,263	)	$	23,502
Trademark/trade name ⁽¹⁾		4.6		3,072		(2,874	)		198		2,852		(2,852	)		—
Aircell Axxess technology		1.3		4,129		(3,758	)		371		4,129		(3,549	)		580
OEM and dealer relationships		3.3		6,724		(4,482	)		2,242		6,724		(3,978	)		2,746
Service customer relationships ⁽¹⁾		4.6		8,081		(1,647	)		6,434		981		(981	)		—

Total amortized intangible assets			$	88,890	$	(52,521	)	$	36,369	$	73,451	$	(46,623	)	$	26,828

Unamortized intangible assets:
FCC Licenses ⁽¹⁾			$	32,283	$	—		$	32,283	$	31,319	$	—		$	31,319

Total intangible assets			$	121,173	$	(52,521	)	$	68,652	$	104,770	$	(46,623	)	$	58,147

(1)

See Note 6, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.

Amortization expense was $2.3 million and $7.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $1.8 million and $5.3 million for the comparable prior year periods.

Amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):


	Amortization
Years ending December 31,	Expense
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	2,384
2014	$	10,623
2015	$	8,447
2016	$	6,723
2017	$	4,199
Thereafter	$	3,993

Actual future amortization expense could differ from the estimated amount as the result of future investments and other factors.

Warranties	9 Months Ended
Warranties	Sep. 30, 2013
Guarantees [Abstract]
Warranties	8. Warranties Our BA segment provides warranties on parts and labor for our systems. Our warranty terms range from two to five years. Warranty reserves are established for costs that are estimated to be incurred after the sale, delivery, and installation of the products under warranty. The warranty reserves are determined based on known product failures, historical experience, and other available evidence, and are included in accrued liabilities in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our warranty reserve balance was $0.8 million and $0.9 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities

9. Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities

Senior Term Facility—On June 21, 2012, we borrowed $135.0 million under a five-year term loan that matures on June 21, 2017 (the “Senior Term Facility”), the terms of which are set forth in a Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2012 among Gogo Intermediate Holdings LLC (“GIH”), Aircell Business Aviation Services LLC (“ABAS”), and Gogo LLC, as borrowers, the lenders named therein, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. We received net cash proceeds of $125.4 million following the payment of debt issuance fees of $9.6 million under the Senior Term Facility. On April 4, 2013, we borrowed $113.0 million (the “New Borrowing”) under an amendment to the Credit Agreement governing the Senior Term Facility, dated as of June 21, 2012. We refer to our existing Senior Term Facility, as so amended, as the “Amended Senior Term Facility.” The amendment increased the size of the Senior Term Facility from $135.0 million to $248.0 million. We received net cash proceeds from the New Borrowing of $103.0 million following the payment of debt issuance fees of $10.0 million. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 we had $242.4 million and $133.3 million, respectively, outstanding under the Amended Senior Term Facility. We will use the proceeds from the Amended Senior Term Facility for general corporate purposes, including upgrading certain fleets of certain airline partners to ATG-4 technology and funding our international expansion to the extent permitted by the Amended Senior Term Facility.

GIH, Gogo LLC and ABAS are the borrowers under the Amended Senior Term Facility. The obligations of the borrowers under the Amended Senior Term Facility are guaranteed by each of our direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, in each case to the extent otherwise permitted by applicable law, regulation and contractual provision. In addition, the Amended Senior Term Facility and the guarantees thereunder are secured by security interests in (i) all of the capital stock of all direct domestic subsidiaries owned by the borrowers and the guarantors, (ii) 65% of the capital stock of each direct foreign subsidiary owned by any borrower or any guarantor (it being understood that a foreign subsidiary holding company will be deemed a foreign subsidiary), and (iii) substantially all other tangible and intangible assets (including intellectual property) of the borrowers and the guarantors, subject in each case to certain exceptions.

The Amended Senior Term Facility contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, and definitions of events of default. If an event of default occurs and so long as such event of default is continuing, the amounts outstanding will accrue interest at an increased rate and payments of such outstanding amounts could be accelerated. We do not have maintenance covenants under the terms of the Amended Senior Term Facility but as part of its affirmative covenants, we need to maintain a minimum cash balance of $5.0 million, comply with certain reporting and notice requirements and periodic financial statement reporting on a borrowing entity basis. As of September 30, 2013, we were in compliance with the cash balance, reporting and notice requirements and no event of default had occurred.

The Amended Senior Term Facility contains a number of covenants that, among other things, limit or restrict the ability of the borrowers and the guarantors to dispose of assets, incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, prepay certain subordinated indebtedness, modify certain terms of certain material agreements (including intercompany agreements), make dividends and other restricted payments, issue additional preferred stock, make investments (including a cap on investments in our international business during the term of the Amended Senior Term Facility), incur or maintain liens, make capital expenditures, engage in mergers and certain other fundamental changes, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, enter into sale-leaseback arrangements or enter into agreements restricting dividends or other distributions by subsidiaries to the borrowers or any of their subsidiaries.

Under the Senior Term Facility, principal payments of $0.8 million were due on the last day of each calendar quarter starting on September 30, 2012 and ending on March 31, 2013, and under the Amended Senior Term Facility, principal payments of $1.6 million are due on the last day of each calendar quarter starting on June 30, 2013 and ending March 31, 2017, with the remaining unpaid principal amount of the loan due and payable at maturity.

The loans outstanding under the Amended Senior Term Facility bear interest, at our option, either: (i) at the base rate, which is defined as the highest of (a) the rate of interest published by the Wall Street Journal, from time to time, as the prime rate, (b) ¹⁄₂ of 1% per annum above the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions, (c) an adjusted London inter-bank offered rate (adjusted for statutory reserve requirements and with a rate floor of 1.5%) (“LIBO Rate”) for an interest period of one month plus 1.00% and (d) 2.50% or (ii) at the LIBO Rate plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable margin is 9.75% per annum with respect to any LIBO Rate loan and 8.75% per annum with respect to any base rate loan, per annum. As of September 30, 2013, the interest rate on the Amended Senior Term Facility was 11.25% and all loans were outstanding as three month LIBOR loans.

We paid $9.6 million of loan origination fees and financing costs related to the Senior Term Facility, all of which has been accounted for as deferred financing costs. We paid $10.0 million of additional fees related to the New Borrowing. As the New Borrowing is treated as a modified loan, we recorded $7.0 million of fees paid directly to the lenders as deferred financing costs. The remaining $3.0 million of fees not paid directly to the lenders in connection with the New Borrowing were expensed to interest expense. See Note 10, “Interest Costs” for additional details. Total amortization expense of the deferred financing costs was $0.8 million and $2.0 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0.4 million and $0.4 million for the comparable prior year periods. Amortization expense is included in interest expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2013, the balance of unamortized deferred financing costs related to the Amended Senior Term Facility was $13.8 million and was included as a separate line in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As of September 30, 2013, the mandatory principal payments under the Amended Senior Term Facility for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):


	Credit
Years ending December 31,	Facility
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	1,550
2014	$	6,200
2015	$	6,200
2016	$	6,200
2017	$	222,219
Thereafter	$	—

The credit agreement executed in connection with our Amended Senior Term Facility provides for mandatory prepayments and the ability to make optional prepayments. The credit agreement provides that any mandatory prepayments will be calculated based on the excess cash flows (as defined in the credit agreement) of ABAS only. This calculation is made at the end of each fiscal year beginning with the year ending December 31, 2013, with any required payments due no later than the 95th day following the end of the applicable fiscal year, and is based on ABAS’ debt leverage ratio. A leverage ratio of 3.25x or higher will trigger a mandatory prepayment of 50% of excess cash flows for the year, a leverage ratio of 2.0x or higher but less than 3.25x will trigger a mandatory prepayment of 25% of excess cash flows for the year and a leverage ratio of less than 2.0x will not trigger any mandatory prepayment of excess cash flows. The amount of any required mandatory prepayments will be reduced by the amount of any optional prepayments made during the applicable fiscal year. In the event actual results or a change in estimates trigger the mandatory prepayment, such prepayment amount will be reclassified from non-current liabilities to current liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

We may voluntarily prepay the loans subject to conditions, prices and premiums as follows:

(i)

On and prior to June 20, 2015 we may prepay the loans at par plus (a) 3.0% of the principal amount of the loans prepaid and b) a “make whole” premium based on a discounted present value of the interest and principal payments due on such prepaid loans through June 20, 2015;

(ii)

On and after June 21, 2015 but prior to June 21, 2016, we may prepay the loans at par plus 3.0% of the principal amount of loans prepaid;

(iii)

On and after June 21, 2016, we may prepay the loans at par.

Alaska Financing—On November 2, 2010, we entered into a $4.1 million standby credit facility agreement (the “Alaska Facility”) with Alaska Airlines, Inc. (“Alaska Airlines”) to finance the construction of ATG network sites in Alaska. The Alaska Facility has a six-year term and an interest rate of 10% per annum, compounded and payable quarterly. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had $1.6 million and $2.0 million, respectively, outstanding under the Alaska Facility. No further draws can be made under the Alaska Facility and principal amounts outstanding are payable in quarterly installments over a five-year period commencing on November 12, 2011, or can be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty at our option. The Alaska Facility is secured by a first-priority interest in our cell tower leases and other personal property located at the cell sites in Alaska.

The Alaska Facility contains representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants customary for financings of this type. There are no financial covenants; however, other covenants include limitations on liens on the collateral assets as well as mergers, consolidations, and similar fundamental corporate events, and a requirement that we continue as the in-flight connectivity service provider to Alaska Airlines.

Pursuant to our equipment and revenue agreement with Alaska Airlines, the share of service revenue (“revenue share”) we pay Alaska Airlines increases as long as any amounts are outstanding under the Alaska Facility. Alaska Airlines revenue share increases by 500 basis points for the one-year period following the first date on which our Gogo^® service is used on the ATG network in Alaska, and 300 basis points thereafter, until the principal and all accrued interest is paid in full. This incremental Alaska Airlines’ revenue share was an amount less than $0.1 million for three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and is included in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as part of our interest expense.

Principal payments under the Alaska Facility in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):


	Alaska
Years ending December 31,	Facility
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	126
2014	$	504
2015	$	504
2016	$	504
2017	$	—
Thereafter	$	—

Letters of Credit—We maintain several letters of credit totaling $0.5 million and $0.9 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Certain of the letters of credit require us to maintain restricted cash accounts in a similar amount, and are issued for the benefit of the landlords at our office locations in Itasca, Illinois; Bensenville, Illinois; and Broomfield, Colorado.

Interest Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Interest Costs

10. Interest Costs

We capitalize a portion of our interest on funds borrowed during the active construction period of major capital projects. Capitalized interest is added to the cost of the underlying asset and amortized over the useful lives of the assets. We commenced capitalizing interest on major capital projects when we entered into the Senior Term Facility on June 21, 2012.

The following is a summary of our interest costs for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):


	For the Three Months				For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest expense	$	6,668	$	3,835	$	16,805	$	4,394
Amortization of deferred financing costs		822		371		1,993		411
Non lender fees ⁽¹⁾		—		—		2,982		—

Interest costs charged to expense	$	7,490	$	4,206	$	21,780	$	4,805
Interest costs capitalized to property and equipment		233		46		635		46
Interest costs capitalized to software		193		28		402		28

Total interest costs	$	7,916	$	4,280	$	22,817	$	4,879

(1)

Primarily consists of fees paid to legal counsel and underwriters in connection with the New Borrowing.

Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Leases

11. Leases

Arrangements with Commercial Airlines—Pursuant to contractual agreements with our airline partners, we place our equipment on commercial aircraft operated by the airlines for the purpose of delivering the Gogo^® service to passengers on the aircraft. We are generally responsible for the costs of installing and deinstalling the equipment. Under one type of connectivity agreement we maintain legal title to our equipment; however, under a second type of connectivity agreement some of our airline partners make an upfront payment and take legal title to such equipment. The majority of the equipment transactions where legal title transfers are not deemed to be sales transactions for accounting purposes because the risks and rewards of ownership are not fully transferred due to our continuing involvement with the equipment, the length of the term of our agreements with the airlines and restrictions in the agreements regarding the airlines’ use of the equipment. We account for these equipment transactions as operating leases of space for our equipment on the aircraft. The assets are recorded as airborne equipment on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, as noted in Note 5, “Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts.” Any upfront equipment payments are accounted for as a lease incentive and recorded as deferred airborne lease incentives on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and are recognized as a reduction of the cost of service revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement with the airline. We recognized $2.1 million and $5.4 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0.9 million and $2.6 million for the comparable prior year periods as a reduction to our cost of service revenue in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2013, deferred airborne lease incentives of $8.4 million and $51.1 million are included in current and non-current liabilities, respectively, in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2012, deferred airborne lease incentives of $5.9 million and $40.0 million are included in current and non-current liabilities, respectively, in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The revenue share paid to the airlines represents an operating lease payment and is deemed to be contingent rental payments, as the payments due to each airline are based on a percentage of our CA-NA service revenue generated from that airline’s passengers, which is unknown until realized. As such, we cannot estimate the lease payments due to an airline at the commencement of our contract with such airline. Rental expense related to the arrangements with commercial airlines included in cost of service revenue is primarily comprised of these revenue share payments offset by the amortization of the deferred airborne lease incentives discussed above. Such rental expenses totaled a net charge of $8.6 million and $24.0 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $5.2 million and $14.8 million for the comparable prior year periods.

Leases and Cell Site Contracts—We have lease agreements relating to certain facilities and equipment, which are considered operating leases. Rent expense for such operating leases was $1.4 million and $4.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $1.2 million and $3.6 million for the comparable prior year periods. Additionally, we have operating leases with wireless service providers for tower space and base station capacity on a volume usage basis (“cell site leases”), some of which provide for minimum annual payments. Our cell site leases generally provide for an initial noncancelable term of up to five years with up to four five-year renewal options. Total cell site rental expense was $1.9 million and $5.5 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $1.6 million and $4.5 million for the comparable prior year periods.

Annual future minimum obligations for operating leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, other than the arrangements we have with our commercial airline partners, as of September 30, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):


	Operating
Years ending December 31,	Leases
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	3,242
2014	$	12,003
2015	$	10,990
2016	$	9,776
2017	$	7,753
Thereafter	$	24,684

Equipment Leases—We lease certain computer and network equipment under capital leases, for which interest has been imputed with an annual interest rate of 10.0%. As of September 30, 2013 the computer equipment leases were classified as part of office equipment, furniture, and fixtures in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at a gross cost of $0.8 million. As of September 30, 2013 the network equipment leases were classified as part of network equipment in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at a gross cost of $3.5 million. Annual future minimum obligations under capital leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, as of September 30, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):


	Amortization
Years ending December 31,	Expense
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	219
2014		1,334
2015		1,211
2016		1,150
2017		840
Thereafter		—

Total minimum lease payments		4,754
Less: Amount representing interest		(903	)

Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	3,851

The $3.9 million present value of net minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2013 has a current portion of $0.9 million included in current portion of long-term debt and capital leases and a non-current portion of $2.9 million included in other non-current liabilities.

Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies	Sep. 30, 2013
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	12. Commitments and Contingencies Contractual Commitments—One contract with one of our airline partners requires us to provide our airline partner with an annual cash rebate of $1.8 million and a reduction in certain charges beginning in June 2014 if this partner makes our service available on a specified number of aircraft in our airline partner’s fleet by such date. Provided that the number of aircraft on which our service is available remains above the specified threshold, the cash payments will be due each June thereafter through 2023. We have an agreement with one of our airborne equipment vendors that committed us to purchase $21.7 million in satellite based antenna and radome systems as of September 30, 2013, of which $5.4 million remains to be paid. The remaining $5.4 million will become payable once the vendor has received Parts Manufacturing Authority, or PMA, from the Federal Aviation Authority and this product can be shipped to us. We have agreements with two different vendors to provide us with transponder and teleport satellite services. These agreements vary in length and amount and commit us to purchase transponder and teleport satellite services totaling approximately $6.6 million in 2013 (October through December), $28.2 million in 2014, $32.0 million in 2015, $33.3 million in 2016, $32.1 million in 2017, $16.0 million in 2018 and $0.2 million in 2019. Damages and Penalties—Certain of our agreements with our airline partners may require us to incur additional obligations as a result of the occurrence of specified events, some of which may be out of our control. One contract covering the international fleet of one of our airline partners requires us to provide a credit or refund of up to $25 million to our airline partner if a competing airline installs satellite connectivity systems on a certain number of aircraft in its international fleet more quickly than we install our system on our airline partner’s international fleet. The refund or credit would be eliminated in its entirety if we complete full installation of our airline partner’s international fleet by January 1, 2015, which date may be extended by up to six months as a result of certain excusable delays. The amount of any such refund or credit depends on a number of facts and circumstances, such as the pace at which we install satellite systems on aircraft delivered to us by our airline partner, as well as some that are not under our control, including, but not limited to, the number of installable aircraft made available to us from our airline partner’s international fleet, our competitor’s ability to install an equal or greater quantity of satellite systems on such competing airline’s international fleet and any current or future regulatory delays to the extent they are not excusable delays. Any refund or credit may only be applied toward the purchase of equipment or for a refund of amounts paid by the airline for previously purchased equipment. This contract also obligates us to pay our airline partner one time liquidated damages in the range of $1 million to $5 million if we fail to obtain certain regulatory approvals related to the provision of satellite-based services by specified deadlines. One contract with another of our airline partners obligates us to pay our airline partner up to $6 million in penalties and installation and other costs if we fail to receive certain regulatory approvals or begin the installation of equipment related to the provision of satellite-based service by specified deadlines. We have entered into a number of agreements with our airline partners that require us to provide a credit or pay liquidated damages to our airline partners on a per aircraft, per day or per hour basis if we are unable to install our equipment on aircraft by specified timelines. The maximum amount of future credits or payments we could be required to make under these agreements is uncertain because the amount of future credits or payments is based on certain variable inputs, including the number of aircraft that are not installed on schedule, the length of time by which the installation is delayed, and the unit of time by which the delay is measured. Indemnifications and Guarantees—In accordance with Delaware law, we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under this indemnification is uncertain and may be unlimited, depending upon circumstances. However, our Directors’ and Officers’ insurance does provide coverage for certain of these losses. In the ordinary course of business we may occasionally enter into agreements pursuant to which we may be obligated to pay for the failure of performance of others, such as the use of corporate credit cards issued to employees. Based on historical experience, we believe that any material loss related to such guarantees is remote. We have entered into a number of agreements, including our agreements with commercial airlines, pursuant to which we indemnify the other party for losses and expenses suffered or incurred in connection with any patent, copyright, or trademark infringement or misappropriation claim asserted by a third party with respect to our equipment or services. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is uncertain and is typically not limited by the terms of the agreements. American Airlines Bankruptcy—On November 29, 2011, American Airlines filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. While American Airlines has announced that it will continue to operate its business and fly normal flight schedules, there can be no assurance that the filing will not have an adverse effect on our revenue or results of operations in the short- or long-term. Revenue from passengers purchasing our service while flying on aircraft owned by American Airlines accounted for approximately 14% and 15% of consolidated revenue for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and approximately 13% and 13% for the comparable prior year periods. Revenue from passengers purchasing our service while flying on aircraft owned by American Airlines accounted for approximately 23% and 24% of CA-NA revenue for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and approximately 23% and 23% for the comparable prior year periods. Advanced Media Networks Litigation—On December 19, 2011, Advanced Media Networks, L.L.C. (“AMN”) filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against us for allegedly infringing one of its patents and seeking injunctive relief that would affect both our CA-NA and BA businesses and unspecified monetary damages. On April 9, 2012, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint that named as additional defendants certain of our commercial airline partners and BA customers. On July 31, 2013, we entered into a Confidential Settlement Agreement with AMN pursuant to which AMN agreed to dismiss its claims against us and all other defendants with prejudice, and agreed not to sue us, our airline partners or our BA customers in the future for infringement of any patent currently owned by AMN or any patent based on our products, services or systems, in exchange for us paying an immaterial amount. Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC Litigation—In May 2012, Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against a number of defendants, including Delta Airlines and AirTran Airways, for alleged infringement of several patents in the field of wireless local area networking. AirTran and Delta have requested indemnification from us and under our contracts we are required to indemnify these airlines for defense costs and any damages arising from such litigation to the extent it relates to Gogo technology or services. We intend to seek indemnification, in turn, from certain of our equipment vendors. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. The outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Stewart Litigation—On April 10, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted our motion to dismiss, without prejudice, a lawsuit filed on October 4, 2012 by James Stewart against us, on behalf of putative classes of national purchasers and a subclass of California purchasers of our service, alleging claims for monopolization and exclusive dealing under the federal antitrust laws and California state antitrust and unfair practices laws related to the Gogo service offered through our domestic commercial airline partners. The court granted the plaintiffs leave to file an amended complaint, and plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint on August 19, 2013. We have not accrued any liability related to this matter because, due to the early stage of the litigation, the strength of our defenses and a range of possible loss, if any, cannot be determined. Based on currently available information, we believe that we have strong defenses and intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously, but the outcome of this matter is inherently uncertain and may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

The entire disclosure for commitments and contingencies.

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Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Equity

13. Equity

Preferred and Common Stock—On June 20, 2013, we priced our IPO of 11,000,000 shares of common stock and such shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 21, 2013. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share. Upon consummation of the IPO, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock converted into 66,235,473 shares of common stock, which includes 2,135,602 common shares issued in connection with the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock.

Please refer to Note 3, “Preferred Stock and Common Stock” to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus for further information regarding our Preferred Stock and Common Stock.

Preferred Stock Activity

A summary of our preferred stock activity during the nine month period ended September 30, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):


	Preferred Stock
	Class A			Class B			Junior			Total
Balance at January 1, 2013	$	174,199		$	285,035		$	155,144		$	614,378
Preferred stock return		11,219			18,058			—			29,277
Accretion of preferred stock		1,005			763			3,517			5,285
Conversion to common stock		(186,423	)		(303,856	)		(158,661	)		(648,940	)

Balance at September 30, 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

Effective upon the closing of the IPO in June 2013, our previously issued preferred stock was no longer outstanding as all such preferred stock was converted into our common stock. Our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes 100,000,000 shares of new preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. No shares of this new preferred stock have been issued. The preferred stock may be issued, from time to time, in one or more series as authorized by the Board of Directors, which has the authority to designate the terms of any series of preferred stock issued, including, without limitation, the number of shares to be included in the series of preferred stock, any dividend, redemption, conversion rights or voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights.

Our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorized an additional 397,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share bringing the total authorized shares of common stock to 500,000,000 shares.

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

14. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

A three-tier fair value hierarchy has been established which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers include:

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Level 1—defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

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Level 2—defined as observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and

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Level 3—defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

Long-Term Debt:

Our financial assets and liabilities that are disclosed but not measured at fair value include the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility, both of which are reflected on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at cost, as defined in Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”. Based on market conditions as of September 30, 2013, the fair values of the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility approximated their carrying values of $242.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively (see Note 9, “Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities”). These fair value measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy since they are determined based upon significant inputs observable in the market including interest rates on recent financings by entities with credit profiles similar to ours. We estimated the fair values of the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility by calculating the upfront cash payment a market participant would require to assume these obligations. The upfront cash payment, excluding any issuance costs, is the amount that a market participant would be able to lend at September 30, 2013 to an entity with a credit rating similar to ours and achieve sufficient cash inflows to cover the scheduled cash outflows under the Amended Senior Term Facility and the Alaska Facility.

Derivative Liabilities:

As described in Note 3, “Preferred Stock and Common Stock” to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus, the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock was considered an embedded derivative as it provided for a minimum return upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, such as an IPO. Upon consummation of the IPO, 2,135,602 common shares were issued in connection with the liquidation preference minimum return. As the public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share, the value of the liquidation preference was $36.3 million, which we believe constitutes Level 2 observable inputs.

As discussed in Note 3, “Preferred Stock and Common Stock,” to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus, our Class A Preferred Stock and Junior Preferred Stock included features that qualified as embedded derivatives. The embedded derivatives were bifurcated from the host contract and separately accounted for as a derivative liability. As derivative liabilities, these features are required to be initially recorded at the fair value on date of issuance and marked to fair value at the end of each reporting period, resulting in a noncash charge/benefit to other (income) expense in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the derivatives was valued using an income approach and a probability-weighted expected return method (“PWERM”) using Level 3 unobservable inputs, as the income approach and PWERM were deemed to best represent the valuation models investors would likely use in valuing us.

The following table presents the fair value reconciliation of Level 3 derivative liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands):


	2012
Class A Preferred Stock Balance at January 1	$	9,640
Included in other (income) expense		(9,640	)

Class A Preferred Stock Balance at September 30	$	—

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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Income Tax	Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Tax	15. Income Tax The effective income tax rates for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 were (1.9%) and (1.0%), respectively, as compared with (1.7%) and (5.2%) for the comparable prior year periods. Income tax expense recorded in each period was similar, with differences in pre-tax income causing the change in the effective tax rate. The difference between our effective tax rates and the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was primarily due to the recording of a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets and the effect of the fair value adjustments to our derivative liabilities, which are excluded from taxable income (loss). We are subject to taxation in the United States, Canada and various states. With few exceptions, as of September 30, 2013, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, or local examinations by tax authorities for years before 2009. We record penalties and interest relating to uncertain tax positions in the income tax provision line item in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. No penalties or interest related to uncertain tax positions were recorded for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013. As of September 30, 2013, we did not have a liability recorded for interest or potential penalties. We do not expect there will be a change in the unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months. On September 13, 2013, the IRS issued final regulations and re-proposed regulations that provide guidance with respect to (i) the treatment of material and supplies, (ii) capitalization of amounts paid to acquire or produce tangible property, (iii) the determination of whether an expenditure with respect to tangible property is a deductible repair or a capital expenditure and (iv) dispositions of MACRS property. The final regulations will be effective for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. We are reviewing the regulations, but we do not believe there will be a material impact on our results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Business Segments and Major Customers

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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Business Segments and Major Customers

9 Months Ended

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Segment Reporting [Abstract]

16. Business Segments and Major Customers

Effective January 1, 2013, we realigned our reporting segments into the following three segments: Commercial Aviation North America, or “CA-NA,” Commercial Aviation Rest of World, or “CA-ROW,” and Business Aviation, or “BA”. We previously reported three segments: commercial aviation or CA, International, and BA. The realignment is intended to better align our reporting structure to the way in which we manage our business. The BA segment was not impacted by the realignment. Prior period segment disclosures have been restated to conform to the current year presentation.

CA-NA Segment: Our CA-NA segment provides in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to commercial airline passengers flying routes that begin and end within North America, which for this purpose includes the continental United States (including Alaska), Canada and Mexico.

CA-ROW Segment: Through our CA-ROW segment we intend to provide in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to passengers flying on foreign-based commercial airlines and international flights of North American based commercial airlines. This includes routes that begin or end outside of North America (as defined above) for which our international service is provided. Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012.

BA Segment: Our BA business provides equipment for in-flight connectivity along with voice and data services to the business aviation market. BA services include Gogo Biz, our in-flight broadband service that utilizes both our ATG network and our ATG spectrum, and satellite-based voice and data services through strategic alliances with satellite companies. Customers include business aircraft manufacturers, owners, and operators, as well as government and military entities.

The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus. Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation. There are no revenue transactions between segments. We currently do not generate a significant amount of foreign revenue. We do not segregate assets between segments for internal reporting. Therefore, asset-related information has not been presented.

Management evaluates performance and allocates resources to each segment based on segment profit (loss), which is calculated internally as net income (loss) attributable to common stock before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and certain non-cash charges (including amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives, stock compensation expense, and, for periods prior to the IPO, fair value derivative adjustments, Class A and Class B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock Return, accretion of preferred stock, and write off of deferred equity financing costs). Segment profit (loss) is a measure of performance reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to the segments and evaluating segment performance. In addition, segment profit (loss) is included herein in conformity with ASC 280-10, Segment Reporting. Management believes that segment profit (loss) provides useful information for analyzing and evaluating the underlying operating results of each segment. However, segment profit (loss) should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) attributable to common stock or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, our computation of segment profit (loss) may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies.

Information regarding our reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2013
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	50,044		$	51		$	13,695	$	63,790
Equipment revenue		515			—			21,074		21,589

Total revenue	$	50,559		$	51		$	34,769	$	85,379

Segment profit (loss)	$	(1,594	)	$	(11,004	)	$	14,641	$	2,043


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2012
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	32,843		$	—		$	9,091	$	41,934
Equipment revenue		295			190			15,421		15,906

Total revenue	$	33,138		$	190		$	24,512	$	57,840

Segment profit (loss)	$	(4,182	)	$	(3,831	)	$	8,617	$	604


	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	142,196		$	1,320		$	37,209	$	180,725
Equipment revenue		1,500			168			53,177		54,845

Total revenue	$	143,696		$	1,488		$	90,386	$	235,570

Segment profit (loss)	$	690		$	(26,596	)	$	34,588	$	8,682


	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	94,152		$	—		$	24,446	$	118,598
Equipment revenue		1,134			670			49,590		51,394

Total revenue	$	95,286		$	670		$	74,036	$	169,992

Segment profit (loss)	$	(9,095	)	$	(9,429	)	$	27,361	$	8,837

A reconciliation of segment profit (loss) to the relevant consolidated amounts is as follows (in thousands):


	For the Three Months						For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
CA-NA segment profit (loss)	$	(1,594	)	$	(4,182	)	$	690		$	(9,095	)
CA-ROW segment loss		(11,004	)		(3,831	)		(26,596	)		(9,429	)
BA segment profit		14,641			8,617			34,588			27,361

Total segment profit		2,043			604			8,682			8,837
Interest income		14			37			47			62
Interest expense		(7,490	)		(4,206	)		(21,780	)		(4,805	)
Depreciation and amortization		(13,664	)		(9,266	)		(41,218	)		(26,693	)
Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives ⁽¹⁾		2,108			921			5,444			2,627
Stock compensation expense		(1,385	)		(891	)		(3,168	)		(2,586	)
Fair value derivative adjustments		—			—			(36,305	)		9,640
Other income		2			(21	)		2			(21	)

Loss before income taxes	$	(18,372	)	$	(12,822	)	$	(88,296	)	$	(12,939	)

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Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentive only relates to our CA-NA segment. See Note 11, “Leases” for further information.

Major Customers and Airline Partnerships—During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, no customer accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenue. As of September 30, 2013, no customer accounted for more than 10% of consolidated accounts receivable. In CA-NA, one party made up approximately 15% of consolidated accounts receivable as of December 31, 2012.

In our CA-NA segment, revenue from passengers using the Gogo service while flying on aircraft owned by two of our airline partners accounted for approximately 39% and 41% of consolidated revenue for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and approximately 40% and 39% for the comparable prior year periods.

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits	9 Months Ended
Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits	Sep. 30, 2013
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Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits	17. Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits Share-Based Compensation—We have awards outstanding under two share-based compensation plans as of September 30, 2013, the Aircell Holdings Inc. Stock Option Plan and the AC Management LLC plan. See Note 11, “Share-Based Compensation” to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus for further information regarding these plans. For the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, 1,286,882 stock options were granted, 192,713 stock options were forfeited, 25,956 stock options were expired, and 63,860 stock options were exercised. Share-based compensation totaled $1.4 million and $3.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0.9 million and $2.6 million for the comparable prior year periods. 401(k) Plan—Under our 401(k) plan, all employees who are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan are entitled to make tax-deferred contributions of up to 15% of annual compensation, subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. We match 100% of the employee’s first 4% of contributions made, subject to annual limitations. Our matching contributions were $0.5 million and $1.6 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0.4 million and $1.2 million for the comparable prior year periods. Bonus Arrangements—We have not paid certain cash bonuses under the discretionary incentive plan in 2008. We did commit, however, to paying these bonuses in the future if certain conditions were satisfied. We have committed to pay bonuses to CA-NA employees at and above the Vice President level if and when we achieve positive cash flow for one fiscal quarter. In general, to be eligible for such bonus payouts, the employee must remain employed by us on the payment date. The amount of the contingent payout is approximately $0.6 million in the aggregate, but such amount has not been accrued as of September 30, 2013, as the payout cannot be deemed probable at this time. Director Compensation—In July 2013, our Board of Directors established a compensation plan for non-employee directors. The plan provides for annual compensation of $225,000 for the non-employee Chairman of the Board and $150,000 for all other non-employee directors. Such compensation is to be paid 1/3 in cash, 1/3 in stock options and 1/3 in restricted stock. The plan also provides for additional annual cash compensation of $20,000 to the chair of the Audit Committee, $10,000 to the chair of the Compensation Committee and $5,000 to the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The plan provides for quarterly payments. We accrued $0.1 million of cash compensation to non-employee directors on September 30, 2013 and will issue option and restricted stock grants related to third quarter compensation following approval of specific terms by the Compensation Committee.

Research and Development Costs	9 Months Ended
Research and Development Costs	Sep. 30, 2013
Research And Development [Abstract]
Research and Development Costs	18. Research and Development Costs Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs were $7.1 million and $22.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $6.0 million and $16.9 million for the comparable prior year periods. Research and development costs are reported as a component of engineering, design and development expenses in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The entire disclosure for research, development, and computer software activities, including contracts and arrangements to be performed for others and with federal government. Includes costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility and in-process research and development acquired in a business combination consummated during the period.

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Canadian ATG Spectrum License

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Canadian ATG Spectrum License

19. Canadian ATG Spectrum License

On July 17, 2012, Industry Canada issued to our Canadian subsidiary a subordinate license that allows us to use the Canadian ATG spectrum of which SkySurf Canada Communications Inc. (“SkySurf”) is the primary licensee. On July 24, 2012 we entered into a subordinate license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with SkySurf and on August 14, 2012 the agreement commenced. The License Agreement supersedes the spectrum manager lease agreement (the “Spectrum Agreement”) that we entered into with SkySurf on July 27, 2011. The License Agreement provides for our exclusive rights to use SkySurf’s ATG spectrum licenses in Canada. The License Agreement has an initial term of ten years commencing on August 14, 2012 and, provided that the primary spectrum license agreement issued by Industry Canada to SkySurf remains in effect, is renewable at our option for an additional ten-year term following the initial expiration and thereafter for a further five-year term. We made a one-time payment of C$3.3 million, which was equivalent to approximately U.S. $3.3 million (“one-time payment”). The renewal of the primary spectrum license will depend upon the satisfaction by Gogo and SkySurf of certain conditions set forth in the license, including, without limitation, a network build-out requirement. The term of the License Agreement, including the initial ten-year term and any renewals, is contingent on the effectiveness and renewal of the primary spectrum license issued by Industry Canada to SkySurf on June 30, 2009, which expires on June 29, 2019. We are to pay SkySurf C$0.1 million, which is equivalent to U.S. $0.1 million, monthly during the initial ten-year term of the License Agreement. Additionally, we are to make variable monthly payments based on the number of cell sites in Canada and the number of Canadian-domiciled commercial aircraft on which we provide our service.

As the License Agreement is for our exclusive use of a license, which is considered a right to use an intangible asset and thus not property, plant, or equipment, the agreement is not considered a lease for accounting purposes. As such, we recorded the SkySurf one-time payment as an asset in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at the time of payment. As of September 30, 2013, the one-time payment had balances of $0.1 million included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $2.9 million included in other non-current assets, respectively, in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. The one-time payment is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated term of the agreement of 25-years. Amortization expense for the one-time payment for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):


	SkySurf
Years ending December 31,	Amortization
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	32
2014	$	126
2015	$	126
2016	$	126
2017	$	126
Thereafter	$	2,474

Amortization expense totaled less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The monthly payments are expensed as incurred and totaled approximately $0.2 million and $0.7 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the comparable prior year periods.

Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Sep. 30, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	20. Subsequent Events In October 2013, we entered into a contract with Japan Airlines (“JAL”) under which we will install our Ku-satellite equipment and provide our in-flight connectivity service to passengers on JAL’s entire domestic fleet of 77 aircraft. Service to JAL passengers is expected to begin in the summer of 2014.

Basis of Presentation (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation (Policies)	Sep. 30, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	1. Basis of Presentation *The Business—Gogo Inc. (“we, us, our,” etc.) is a holding company, which through its operating subsidiaries is a provider of in-flight connectivity and wireless in-cabin digital entertainment solutions. Effective January 1, 2013, we realigned our operating segments into the following three segments: Commercial Aviation North America or “CA-NA,” Commercial Aviation Rest of World or “CA-ROW” and Business Aviation or “BA”. We previously reported three segments: commercial aviation or CA, International, and BA. The realignment is intended to better align our reporting structure to the way in which we manage our business. The BA segment was not impacted by the realignment. Prior period segment disclosures have been restated to conform to the current year presentation. Our CA-NA business provides “Gogo^®” branded in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to commercial airline passengers flying routes that begin and end within North America, which for this purpose includes the continental United States (including Alaska), Canada and Mexico. Through our CA-ROW business we intend to provide in-flight connectivity and wireless digital entertainment solutions to passengers flying on foreign-based commercial airlines and international flights of U.S.-based commercial airlines. This includes routes that begin or end outside of North America (as defined above) for which our international service is provided. Our CA-ROW business is in the start-up phase as we initiated our international expansion efforts in the first quarter of 2012. Our BA business sells equipment for in-flight telecommunications and provides in-flight internet connectivity and other voice and data communications products and services to the business aviation market. BA services include Gogo Biz, our in-flight broadband service that utilizes both our air-to-ground (“ATG”) network and our ATG spectrum, and satellite-based voice and data services through our strategic alliances with satellite companies. Basis of Presentation*—The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and in conformity with Article 10 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with our annual audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of interim periods have been made. All adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature, except as otherwise disclosed. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented herein include the financial statements of our wholly-owned subsidiaries and our affiliate, AC Management LLC (“ACM”). We are the managing member of ACM, an affiliate whose units are owned by members of management. ACM was established for the sole purpose of providing an ownership stake in us to members of management, and ACM’s transactions effectively represent a share-based compensation plan. Since we are the managing member of ACM and thereby control ACM, including controlling which members of management are granted ownership interests, ACM is included in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The results of operations and cash flows for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. On June 20, 2013, we priced our Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of 11,000,000 shares of our common stock and such shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 21, 2013. The public offering price of the shares sold in the offering was $17.00 per share. Upon consummation of the IPO, all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock converted into 66,235,473 shares of common stock. As described in Note 3, “Preferred Stock and Common Stock” to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (our “Prospectus”), the liquidation preference associated with our Class A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Class A Preferred Stock”) provided for a minimum return upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, such as an IPO. The additional common shares issued in connection with such minimum return upon the consummation of the IPO are included in the number of common shares above into which the preferred stock converted. In connection with our IPO our Board of Directors authorized a 103 for 1 split of our common stock which was effected on June 17, 2013. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements give retroactive effect to the stock split.
Use of Estimates	*Use of Estimates*—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates the significant estimates and bases such estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Under agreements with certain of our airline partners to upgrade certain fleets to our new ATG-4 airborne equipment from our existing ATG airborne equipment, on a quarterly basis we reassess the useful lives of the ATG component parts requiring replacement. As a result of our analysis, we shortened the useful lives of these component parts to be consistent with when the aircraft are expected to be upgraded under this retrofit program. The change in estimated useful lives related to this specific retrofit program resulted in $0.5 million and $4.0 million increases in the accelerated depreciation recorded in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, which increased net loss per basic and fully diluted share by $0.01 and $0.11, respectively, for those periods. We expect to incur an additional $1.6 million of accelerated depreciation through the third quarter of 2014. The weighted average useful life of our ATG component parts scheduled to be upgraded under this retrofit program before and after the reassessment was seven years and 3.7 years, respectively. The useful lives of ATG component parts not scheduled to be upgraded as part of this retrofit program remained at seven years.
Comprehensive Income/Loss	Comprehensive Income/Loss—Comprehensive income/loss for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 is net loss plus unrealized losses on foreign currency translation adjustments.
Earnings Per Share	Basic and diluted net loss per share have been calculated in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260”), using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Our previously outstanding Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Senior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Class B Preferred Stock”) and Junior Convertible Preferred Stock (“Junior Preferred Stock”) were all considered participating securities requiring the two-class method to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share. In periods of a net loss attributable to common stock, the three classes of preferred stock were excluded from the computation of basic earnings per share either due to the fact that they are not required to fund losses or because the redemption amount is not reduced as a result of losses. For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 all outstanding shares of common stock underlying ACM units and stock options were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive. Additionally, for the nine month period ended September 30, 2013 the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock for the period prior to their conversion into common stock upon the IPO were excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding because they were anti-dilutive.

Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share using Two-Class Method

Disclosure of accounting policy for computing basic and diluted earnings or loss per share for each class of common stock and participating security. Addresses all significant policy factors, including any antidilutive items that have been excluded from the computation and takes into account stock dividends, splits and reverse splits that occur after the balance sheet date of the latest reporting period but before the issuance of the financial statements.

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Net Loss Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share using the two-class method (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three
	Months Ended			For the Nine Months
	September 30,			Ended September 30,
	2012			2013			2012
Net loss	$	(13,044	)	$	(89,184	)	$	(13,610	)
Less: Preferred stock return		13,328			29,277			38,233
Less: Accretion of preferred stock		2,638			5,285			7,836

Undistributed losses	$	(29,010	)	$	(123,746	)	$	(59,679	)

Common stock undistributed losses	$	(29,010	)	$	(123,746	)	$	(59,679	)
Class A Preferred Stock undistributed losses		—			—			—
Class B Preferred Stock undistributed losses		—			—			—
Junior Preferred Stock undistributed losses		—			—			—

Undistributed losses	$	(29,010	)	$	(123,746	)	$	(59,679	)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted		6,798			35,521			6,798

Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$	(4.27	)	$	(3.48	)	$	(8.78	)

Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Inventories Included within BA Segment

Inventories as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all of which were included within the BA segment, were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Work-in-process component parts	$	12,034	$	9,997
Finished goods		2,854		2,152

	$	14,888	$	12,149

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures	$	18,181		$	15,895
Leasehold improvements		7,378			7,152
Airborne equipment		215,277			163,896
Network equipment		125,825			96,000

		366,661			282,943
Accumulated depreciation		(115,651	)		(85,269	)

Property and equipment, net	$	251,010		$	197,674

Other Non-Current Assets

Other non-current assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Canadian ATG license payments ⁽¹⁾	$	2,883	$	3,080
Deposits on satellite technology solutions equipment and airborne equipment		4,292		5,747
Deposits on satellite services		3,183		—
Other		1,710		2,036

Total other non-current assets	$	12,068	$	10,863

(1)

See Note 19, “Canadian ATG License” for further information.

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Employee benefits	$	14,292	$	11,212
Airline revenue share		8,895		6,261
Property, use, sales, and income tax		3,062		2,917
Airborne installation costs		786		2,866
Airborne equipment		3,289		9,343
Airfone Acquisition related liabilities ⁽¹⁾		4,723		—
Other		14,841		13,353

Total accrued liabilities	$	49,888	$	45,952

(1)

See Note 6, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.

Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Carrying Value of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying value of goodwill are as follows (in thousands):


	CA-NA		CA-ROW		BA		Total
Balance at January 1, 2013	$	—	$	—	$	620	$	620
Acquisition of Airfone ⁽¹⁾		—		—		3,699		3,699

Balance at September 30, 2013	$	—	$	—	$	4,319	$	4,319

(1)

See Note 6, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.

Schedule of Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill

Our intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands, except for weighted average remaining useful life):


	Weighted
	Average		As of September 30, 2013							As of December 31, 2012
	Remaining		Gross					Net		Gross					Net
	Useful Life		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	(in years)		Amount		Amortization			Amount		Amount		Amortization			Amount
Amortized intangible assets:
Software		3.4	$	66,884	$	(39,760	)	$	27,124	$	58,765	$	(35,263	)	$	23,502
Trademark/trade name ⁽¹⁾		4.6		3,072		(2,874	)		198		2,852		(2,852	)		—
Aircell Axxess technology		1.3		4,129		(3,758	)		371		4,129		(3,549	)		580
OEM and dealer relationships		3.3		6,724		(4,482	)		2,242		6,724		(3,978	)		2,746
Service customer relationships ⁽¹⁾		4.6		8,081		(1,647	)		6,434		981		(981	)		—

Total amortized intangible assets			$	88,890	$	(52,521	)	$	36,369	$	73,451	$	(46,623	)	$	26,828

Unamortized intangible assets:
FCC Licenses ⁽¹⁾			$	32,283	$	—		$	32,283	$	31,319	$	—		$	31,319

Total intangible assets			$	121,173	$	(52,521	)	$	68,652	$	104,770	$	(46,623	)	$	58,147

(1)

See Note 6, “Airfone Acquisition” for further information.

Summary of Amortization Expenses

Amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):


	Amortization
Years ending December 31,	Expense
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	2,384
2014	$	10,623
2015	$	8,447
2016	$	6,723
2017	$	4,199
Thereafter	$	3,993

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]

Principal Repayments under Long Term Debt

As of September 30, 2013, the mandatory principal payments under the Amended Senior Term Facility for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):


	Credit
Years ending December 31,	Facility
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	1,550
2014	$	6,200
2015	$	6,200
2016	$	6,200
2017	$	222,219
Thereafter	$	—

Alaska Facility [Member]

Principal Repayments under Long Term Debt

Principal payments under the Alaska Facility in each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):


	Alaska
Years ending December 31,	Facility
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	126
2014	$	504
2015	$	504
2016	$	504
2017	$	—
Thereafter	$	—

Interest Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Summary of Interest Costs

The following is a summary of our interest costs for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):


	For the Three Months				For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest expense	$	6,668	$	3,835	$	16,805	$	4,394
Amortization of deferred financing costs		822		371		1,993		411
Non lender fees ⁽¹⁾		—		—		2,982		—

Interest costs charged to expense	$	7,490	$	4,206	$	21,780	$	4,805
Interest costs capitalized to property and equipment		233		46		635		46
Interest costs capitalized to software		193		28		402		28

Total interest costs	$	7,916	$	4,280	$	22,817	$	4,879

(1)

Primarily consists of fees paid to legal counsel and underwriters in connection with the New Borrowing.

Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Annual Future Minimum Obligations for Operating Leases Other than Arrangements with Commercial Airline Partners


	Operating
Years ending December 31,	Leases
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	3,242
2014	$	12,003
2015	$	10,990
2016	$	9,776
2017	$	7,753
Thereafter	$	24,684

Annual Future Minimum Obligations under Capital Leases

Annual future minimum obligations under capital leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, as of September 30, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):


	Amortization
Years ending December 31,	Expense
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$	219
2014		1,334
2015		1,211
2016		1,150
2017		840
Thereafter		—

Total minimum lease payments		4,754
Less: Amount representing interest		(903	)

Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	3,851

Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Summary of Preferred Stock Activity

A summary of our preferred stock activity during the nine month period ended September 30, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):


	Preferred Stock
	Class A			Class B			Junior			Total
Balance at January 1, 2013	$	174,199		$	285,035		$	155,144		$	614,378
Preferred stock return		11,219			18,058			—			29,277
Accretion of preferred stock		1,005			763			3,517			5,285
Conversion to common stock		(186,423	)		(303,856	)		(158,661	)		(648,940	)

Balance at September 30, 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Summary of Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities on Recurring Basis


	2012
Class A Preferred Stock Balance at January 1	$	9,640
Included in other (income) expense		(9,640	)

Class A Preferred Stock Balance at September 30	$	—

Summary of Reportable Segments

Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability.

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Business Segments and Major Customers (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information regarding our reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2013
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	50,044		$	51		$	13,695	$	63,790
Equipment revenue		515			—			21,074		21,589

Total revenue	$	50,559		$	51		$	34,769	$	85,379

Segment profit (loss)	$	(1,594	)	$	(11,004	)	$	14,641	$	2,043


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2012
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	32,843		$	—		$	9,091	$	41,934
Equipment revenue		295			190			15,421		15,906

Total revenue	$	33,138		$	190		$	24,512	$	57,840

Segment profit (loss)	$	(4,182	)	$	(3,831	)	$	8,617	$	604


	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	142,196		$	1,320		$	37,209	$	180,725
Equipment revenue		1,500			168			53,177		54,845

Total revenue	$	143,696		$	1,488		$	90,386	$	235,570

Segment profit (loss)	$	690		$	(26,596	)	$	34,588	$	8,682


	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012
	CA-NA			CA-ROW			BA		Total
Service revenue	$	94,152		$	—		$	24,446	$	118,598
Equipment revenue		1,134			670			49,590		51,394

Total revenue	$	95,286		$	670		$	74,036	$	169,992

Segment profit (loss)	$	(9,095	)	$	(9,429	)	$	27,361	$	8,837

Reconciliation of Segment Profit (loss)

A reconciliation of segment profit (loss) to the relevant consolidated amounts is as follows (in thousands):


	For the Three Months						For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
CA-NA segment profit (loss)	$	(1,594	)	$	(4,182	)	$	690		$	(9,095	)
CA-ROW segment loss		(11,004	)		(3,831	)		(26,596	)		(9,429	)
BA segment profit		14,641			8,617			34,588			27,361

Total segment profit		2,043			604			8,682			8,837
Interest income		14			37			47			62
Interest expense		(7,490	)		(4,206	)		(21,780	)		(4,805	)
Depreciation and amortization		(13,664	)		(9,266	)		(41,218	)		(26,693	)
Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives ⁽¹⁾		2,108			921			5,444			2,627
Stock compensation expense		(1,385	)		(891	)		(3,168	)		(2,586	)
Fair value derivative adjustments		—			—			(36,305	)		9,640
Other income		2			(21	)		2			(21	)

Loss before income taxes	$	(18,372	)	$	(12,822	)	$	(88,296	)	$	(12,939	)

(1)

Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentive only relates to our CA-NA segment. See Note 11, “Leases” for further information.

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Segment	Sep. 30, 2013 Equipment [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Estimated Useful Lives [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Estimated Useful Lives [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Estimated Useful Lives [Member] Equipment [Member]	Jun. 21, 2013 IPO [Member]	Jun. 17, 2013 IPO [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of Operating Segments	3
Common Stock Shares Issued						11,000,000
Initial Public Offering (IPO) price per share						$ 17.00
Initial public offering trade date						Jun. 21, 2013
Number of convertible preferred stock converted into common stock						66,235,473
Stock split ratio, per 1 share of common stock							103
Increase in depreciation expense			$ 0.5	$ 4.0
Increased net loss per basic and fully diluted share			$ 0.01	$ 0.11
Expected additional accelerated depreciation			$ 1.6
Weighted average useful life of ATG component parts scheduled to be upgraded under retrofit program after analysis		7 years			3 years 8 months 12 days

Net Loss Per Share - Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share using Two-Class Method (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Net loss	$ (18,718)	$ (13,044)	$ (89,184)	$ (13,610)
Less: Preferred stock return		13,328	29,277	38,233
Less: Accretion of preferred stock		2,638	5,285	7,836
Undistributed losses	(18,718)	(29,010)	(123,746)	(59,679)
Common Stock Undistributed losses		(29,010)	(123,746)	(59,679)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted	84,097	6,798	35,521	6,798
Net loss attributable to common stock per share-basic and diluted	$ (0.22)	$ (4.27)	$ (3.48)	$ (8.78)
Common Stock [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Common Stock Undistributed losses		(29,010)	(123,746)	(59,679)
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Less: Preferred stock return			11,219
Less: Accretion of preferred stock			1,005
Common Stock Undistributed losses
Class B Preferred Stock [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Less: Preferred stock return			18,058
Less: Accretion of preferred stock			763
Common Stock Undistributed losses
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Less: Accretion of preferred stock			3,517
Common Stock Undistributed losses

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

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Inventories - Components of Inventories Included within BA Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Work-in-process component parts	$ 12,034	$ 9,997
Finished goods	2,854	2,152
Inventory, Total	$ 14,888	$ 12,149

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Property and Equipment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 366,661	$ 282,943
Accumulated depreciation	(115,651)	(85,269)
Property and equipment, net	251,010	197,674
Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	18,181	15,895
Leasehold improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	7,378	7,152
Airborne equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	215,277	163,896
Network equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	125,825	96,000
Property and equipment, net	$ 3,500

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Other Non-Current Assets (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Other Assets [Abstract]
Canadian ATG license payments	$ 2,883	$ 3,080
Deposits on satellite technology solutions equipment and airborne equipment	4,292	5,747
Deposits on satellite services	3,183
Other	1,710	2,036
Total other non-current assets	$ 12,068	$ 10,863

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts - Accrued Liabilities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Employee benefits	$ 14,292	$ 11,212
Airline revenue share	8,895	6,261
Property, use, sales, and income tax	3,062	2,917
Airborne installation costs	786	2,866
Airborne equipment	3,289	9,343
Airfone Acquisition related liabilities	4,723
Other	14,841	13,353
Total accrued liabilities	$ 49,888	$ 45,952

Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable arising from transactions not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Airfone Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Apr. 11, 2013 Airfone [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2013 Airfone [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Airfone [Member]	Apr. 11, 2013 Airfone [Member] Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of subscribers for airborne voice communication services		1,000
Purchase price of acquisition	$ 9,344,000	$ 9,344,000
Potential Telecom Liability				3,700,000
Benefit of indemnity provision, including escrow account	1,000,000	1,000,000
Purchase price allocation, Trade receivables		400,000
Purchase price allocation, Prepaid expenses and other current assets		200,000
Purchase price allocation, Property and equipment		2,200,000
Purchase price allocation, other intangible assets		8,300,000
Purchase price allocation, customer lists					7,100,000
Purchase price allocation, trademarks					200,000
Purchase price allocation, indefinite lived assets					1,000,000
Purchase price allocation, Goodwill	3,699,000	3,699,000
Purchase price allocation, Accrued liabilities		3,700,000
Purchase price allocation, Asset retirement obligations		1,700,000
Increase in estimated liability, acquisition			$ 700,000

Intangible Assets - Schedule of Changes in Carrying Value of Goodwill (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance at January 1, 2013	$ 620
Acquisition of Airfone	3,699
Balance at September 30, 2013	4,319
CA-NA [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance at January 1, 2013
Acquisition of Airfone
Balance at September 30, 2013
CA-ROW [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance at January 1, 2013
Acquisition of Airfone
Balance at September 30, 2013
BA [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Balance at January 1, 2013	620
Acquisition of Airfone	3,699
Balance at September 30, 2013	$ 4,319

Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Total intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	$ 121,173	$ 104,770
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	88,890	73,451
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(52,521)	(46,623)
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	36,369	26,828
Total intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	68,652	58,147
Software [Member]
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	3 years 4 months 24 days
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	66,884	58,765
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(39,760)	(35,263)
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	27,124	23,502
Trademark/trade name [Member]
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	4 years 7 months 6 days
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	3,072	2,852
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(2,874)	(2,852)
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	198
Aircell Axxess technology [Member]
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	1 year 3 months 18 days
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	4,129	4,129
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(3,758)	(3,549)
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	371	580
OEM and dealer relationships [Member]
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	3 years 3 months 18 days
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	6,724	6,724
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(4,482)	(3,978)
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	2,242	2,746
Service customer relationships [Member]
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)	4 years 7 months 6 days
Amortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	8,081	981
Amortized intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(1,647)	(981)
Amortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	6,434
FCC Licenses [Member]
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill [Line Items]
Total unamortized intangible assets, Gross Carrying Amount	32,283	31,319
Total unamortized intangible assets, Net Carrying Amount	$ 32,283	$ 31,319

Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Amortization expense	$ 2.3	$ 1.8	$ 7.2	$ 5.3

Intangible Assets - Summary of Amortization Expenses (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$ 2,384
2014	10,623
2015	8,447
2016	6,723
2017	4,199
Thereafter	$ 3,993

Warranties - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Guarantees [Abstract]
Warranty reserve balance	$ 0.8	$ 0.9
Warranty period, maximum	5 years
Warranty period, minimum	2 years

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Letters of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Letters of Credit [Member]	Apr. 04, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member] Interest Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member] London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] Interest Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member] Base Rate [Member] Interest Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Senior Term Facility [Member]	Nov. 12, 2011 Alaska Facility [Member]	Nov. 02, 2010 Alaska Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Alaska Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Alaska Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Alaska Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Alaska Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Alaska Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Alaska Facility [Member] Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net cash proceeds from borrowings								$ 103,000,000									$ 125,400,000
Debt issuance fees			6,975,000	9,630,000													9,630,000
Borrowings under credit facilities			113,000,000	135,000,000				113,000,000
Amount of credit facility agreement									248,000,000	248,000,000							135,000,000					4,100,000
Additional fees paid, New borrowing								10,000,000
Credit facility amount outstanding									242,400,000	242,400,000	133,300,000												1,600,000	2,000,000
Percentage owned of capital stock of direct foreign subsidiary										65.00%
Minimum cash balance									5,000,000	5,000,000
Principal payment										1,600,000									800,000
Weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions												0.50%
Statutory Rate floor												1.50%
LIBOR premium 1												1.00%
LIBOR premium 2												2.50%
Libor rate loan margin													9.75%
Base rate loan margin														8.75%
Interest rate on outstanding LIBOR loans												11.25%
Deferred financing costs									6,975,000	6,975,000
Interest expense related to new borrowing			2,982,000							2,982,000
Total amortization expense of deferred financing costs	822,000	371,000	1,993,000	411,000					800,000	2,000,000								371,000		411,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs	13,808,000		13,808,000		8,826,000				13,800,000	13,800,000
Leverage ratio															3.25
Percentage used for mandatory prepayment										50.00%
Leverage ratio															2.0	3.25
Percentage of prepayment										25.00%
Leverage ratio																2.0
Voluntary prepayment percentage									3.00%	3.00%
Voluntary prepayment percentage									3.00%	3.00%
Interest rate outstanding																						10.00%
Term of credit facility																					5 years	6 years
Increase in basis points of revenue share																							5.00%
Increase in basis points thereafter of revenue share																							3.00%
Revenue share																									100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
Credit facility/Letters of credit amount outstanding						$ 500,000	$ 900,000

Long-Term Debt and Other Liabilities - Principal Repayments under Long Term Debt (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013
Senior Term Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$ 1,550
2014	6,200
2015	6,200
2016	6,200
2017	222,219
Thereafter
Alaska Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	126
2014	504
2015	504
2016	504
Thereafter

Interest Costs - Summary of Interest Costs (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Schedule Of Interest [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 6,668	$ 3,835	$ 16,805	$ 4,394
Amortization of deferred financing costs	822	371	1,993	411
Non lender fees			2,982
Interest costs charged to expense	7,490	4,206	21,780	4,805
Total interest costs	7,916	4,280	22,817	4,879
Property and Equipment [Member]
Schedule Of Interest [Line Items]
Interest costs capitalized	233	46	635	46
Software [Member]
Schedule Of Interest [Line Items]
Interest costs capitalized	$ 193	$ 28	$ 402	$ 28

Leases - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Leases - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Leases [Line Items]
Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives	$ 2,108,000	$ 921,000	$ 5,444,000	$ 2,627,000
Deferred airborne lease incentives included in current liabilities	8,374,000		8,374,000		5,917,000
Deferred airborne lease incentives included in non-current liabilities	51,134,000		51,134,000		40,043,000
Property, plant and equipment	251,010,000		251,010,000		197,674,000
Present value of net minimum lease payments	3,851,000		3,851,000
Present value of net minimum lease payments, Current portion	900,000		900,000
Present value of net minimum lease payments, Non-current portion	2,900,000		2,900,000
Computer equipment [Member]
Leases [Line Items]
Annual interest rate imputed			10.00%
Property, plant and equipment	800,000		800,000
Network equipment [Member]
Leases [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	3,500,000		3,500,000
Airborne Lease [Member]
Leases [Line Items]
Revenue share expense, net of amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives	8,600,000	5,200,000	24,000,000	14,800,000
Certain Facilities and Equipment [Member]
Leases [Line Items]
Rental expense	1,400,000	1,200,000	4,200,000	3,600,000
Cell Site Leases [Member]
Leases [Line Items]
Rental expense	$ 1,900,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 5,500,000	$ 4,500,000
Initial noncancelable term			5 years
Number of lease renewals			4

Leases - Annual Future Minimum Obligations for Operating Leases Other than Arrangements with Commercial Airline Partners (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013
Leases [Abstract]
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$ 3,242
2014	12,003
2015	10,990
2016	9,776
2017	7,753
Thereafter	$ 24,684

Leases - Annual Future Minimum Obligation under Capital Leases (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013
Leases [Abstract]
2013 (period from October 1 to December 31)	$ 219
2014	1,334
2015	1,211
2016	1,150
2017	840
Thereafter
Total minimum lease payments	4,754
Less: Amount representing interest	(903)
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$ 3,851

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contingent annual cash rebate			$ 1.8
Commitment to purchase satellite based antenna and radome systems			21.7
Payment due to purchase satellite based antenna and radome systems	5.4		5.4
Number of vendors			2
Agreement of equipment purchase in fiscal year	6.6		6.6
Agreement of equipment purchase in second year	28.2		28.2
Agreement of equipment purchase in third year	32.0		32.0
Agreement of equipment purchase in fourth year	33.3		33.3
Agreement of equipment purchase in fifth year	32.1		32.1
Agreement of equipment purchase in sixth year	16.0		16.0
Agreement of equipment purchase in seventh year	0.2		0.2
Refund to airline partner			25
Installation of our airline partner's international fleet			Jan. 01, 2015
Penalties, installation and other costs			6
Airline Partners [Member] \| CA-NA [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Revenue earned on aircraft owned by our airline partners as part of segment revenue	23.00%	23.00%	24.00%	23.00%
Airline Partners [Member] \| American Airlines [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Revenue earned on aircraft owned by our airline partners as part of consolidated revenue	14.00%	13.00%	15.00%	13.00%
Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
One time liquidated damages			1
Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
One time liquidated damages			$ 5

Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 21, 2013 IPO [Member]	Jun. 21, 2013 IPO [Member] Class A Preferred Stock [Member]
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Common Stock Shares Issued			11,000,000	2,135,602
Initial Public Offering (IPO) price per share			$ 17.00
Initial public offering trade date			Jun. 21, 2013
Number of convertible preferred stock converted into common stock			66,235,473
Preferred stock share authorized	100,000,000
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01
Preferred stock share issued	0
Additional Common Stock Shares authorized	397,000,000
Par value of common stock shares	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Total authorized shares of common stock	500,000,000	103,000,000

Equity - Summary of Preferred Stock Activity (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Beginning balance		$ 614,378
Preferred stock return	13,328	29,277	38,233
Accretion of preferred stock	2,638	5,285	7,836
Conversion to common stock		(648,940)
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Beginning balance		174,199
Preferred stock return		11,219
Accretion of preferred stock		1,005
Conversion to common stock		(186,423)
Class B Preferred Stock [Member]
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Beginning balance		285,035
Preferred stock return		18,058
Accretion of preferred stock		763
Conversion to common stock		(303,856)
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Beginning balance		155,144
Accretion of preferred stock		3,517
Conversion to common stock		$ (158,661)

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 21, 2013 IPO [Member]	Jun. 21, 2013 IPO [Member] Class A Preferred Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Amended Senior Term Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Alaska Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Alaska Facility [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Carrying value of Long term debt					$ 242,400,000	$ 133,300,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 2,000,000
Common Stock Shares Issued			11,000,000	2,135,602
Initial Public Offering (IPO) price per share			$ 17.00
Value of liquidation preference	$ (36,305,000)	$ 9,640,000		$ (36,305,000)

Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Summary of Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities on Recurring Basis (Detail) (Class A Preferred Stock [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Class A Preferred Stock [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Beginning balance	$ 9,640
Included in other (income) expense	$ (9,640)

Income Tax - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate	(1.90%)	(1.70%)	(1.00%)	(5.20%)
U.S Federal statutory rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions	$ 0		$ 0
Liabilities For Interest and Potential Penalties	$ 0		$ 0

Business Segments and Major Customers - Summary of Reportable Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	$ 63,790	$ 41,934	$ 180,725	$ 118,598
Equipment revenue	21,589	15,906	54,845	51,394
Total revenue	85,379	57,840	235,570	169,992
Segment profit (loss)	2,043	604	8,682	8,837
CA-NA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	(1,594)	(4,182)	690	(9,095)
CA-ROW [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	(11,004)	(3,831)	(26,596)	(9,429)
BA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	14,641	8,617	34,588	27,361
Operating Segments [Member] \| CA-NA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	50,044	32,843	142,196	94,152
Equipment revenue	515	295	1,500	1,134
Total revenue	50,559	33,138	143,696	95,286
Segment profit (loss)	(1,594)	(4,182)	690	(9,095)
Operating Segments [Member] \| CA-ROW [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	51		1,320
Equipment revenue		190	168	670
Total revenue	51	190	1,488	670
Segment profit (loss)	(11,004)	(3,831)	(26,596)	(9,429)
Operating Segments [Member] \| BA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	13,695	9,091	37,209	24,446
Equipment revenue	21,074	15,421	53,177	49,590
Total revenue	34,769	24,512	90,386	74,036
Segment profit (loss)	$ 14,641	$ 8,617	$ 34,588	$ 27,361

Business Segments and Major Customers - Reconciliation of Segment Profit (loss) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	$ 2,043	$ 604	$ 8,682	$ 8,837
Interest income	14	37	47	62
Interest expense	(7,490)	(4,206)	(21,780)	(4,805)
Depreciation and amortization	(13,664)	(9,266)	(41,218)	(26,693)
Amortization of deferred airborne lease incentives	2,108	921	5,444	2,627
Stock compensation expense	(1,385)	(891)	(3,168)	(2,586)
Fair value derivative adjustments			(36,305)	9,640
Other income	2	(21)	2	(21)
Loss before income taxes	(18,372)	(12,822)	(88,296)	(12,939)
CA-NA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	(1,594)	(4,182)	690	(9,095)
CA-ROW [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	(11,004)	(3,831)	(26,596)	(9,429)
BA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Segment profit (loss)	$ 14,641	$ 8,617	$ 34,588	$ 27,361

Business Segments and Major Customers - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Revenue [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2012 Revenue [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2013 Revenue [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2012 Revenue [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2013 Accounts Receivable [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2013 CA-NA [Member] Airline Partners [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2012 CA-NA [Member] Airline Partners [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2013 CA-NA [Member] Airline Partners [Member] Customer	Sep. 30, 2012 CA-NA [Member] Airline Partners [Member] Customer	Dec. 31, 2012 CA-NA [Member] Accounts Receivable [Member] Customer
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of customers meeting concentration risk threshold	0	0	0	0	0					1
Percentage of benchmark	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	39.00%	40.00%	41.00%	39.00%	15.00%
Number of airline partners subject to benchmark measurement						2	2	2	2

Employee Retirement and Postretirement Benefits - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Plans	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Plans	Sep. 30, 2012
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Stock Options, Shares Granted			1,286,882
Stock Options, Shares Forfeited			192,713
Stock Options, Shares Expired			25,956
Stock Options, Shares Exercised			63,860
Number of share based compensation plans	2		2
Stock compensation expense	$ 1,385,000	$ 891,000	$ 3,168,000	$ 2,586,000
Maximum percentage of annual gross salary allowable			15.00%
Employee Contribution			100.00%
Percentage of employees contribution matched by the company			4.00%
Employer Contribution	500,000	400,000	1,600,000	1,200,000
Contingent bonus payout not yet accrued	600,000		600,000
Description of Board of Directors compensation payment method			Compensation is to be paid 1/3 in cash, 1/3 in stock options and 1/3 in restricted stock.
Board of Directors Chairman [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Compensation to non employee directors			225,000
Director [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Compensation to non employee directors			150,000
Chairman Of Audit Committee [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Additional compensation to non employee directors			20,000
Chairman Of Compensation Committee [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Additional compensation to non employee directors			10,000
Chairman Of Nominating And Governance Committee [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Additional compensation to non employee directors			5,000
Non Employee Directors [Member]
Employee Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Accrued cash compensation	$ 100,000		$ 100,000

Research and Development Costs - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Research And Development [Abstract]
Research and development costs	$ 7.1	$ 6.0	$ 22.2	$ 16.9