Latest news from .aero
July 01, 2009 Airports codes released
On 1 December 2008, SITA released the three-letter airport codes (location identifiers) - reserved exclusively for airport use since 2002 - for registration by eligible members of the aviation community, on a first-come-first-served basis. Three-letter codes that have already been registered, or whi...
July 01, 2009 New .aero sponsorship agreement with ICANN
SITA has signed a new 10-year sponsorship agreement with ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The original agreement, signed in December 2001, had been due to expire in December 2006 but had been extended by ICANN (as was the case with other proof-of-concept sTLDs), to al...
July 01, 2009 Skysoft-ATM Launches open source initiative through www.albatross.aero website
Skysoft-ATM, a major solution provider to the airport traffic management (ATM) industry, recently announced the launch of the Albatross open source community project, based at www.albatross.aero. The company also announced a commitment to contribute leading technologies to the project. The first of ...
July 01, 2009 www.jcg.aero: "Securing the future of commercial aviation"
The Joint Co-Ordination Group (JCG) was formed by a group of aerospace industry information security experts to ensureharmonization between the information security efforts of all of the standards bodies affecting the commercial air transport industry. The Group does not make standards of its own, b...
July 01, 2009 Meet the registrars: InterNetX / PSI-USA
Since its foundation in 1998 in Regensburg, Germany, InterNetX has been recognized as a top provider of domain products and hosting solutions. With more than 2.7 million managed domains and approximately 1,400 hosted servers, InterNetX is one of the most successful wholesale traders for resellers an...
July 01, 2009 Deep down inside the Web
The World Wide Web Consortium (known universally as W3C) continues to be the driving force behind protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term evolution and development of the Web. We took the opportunity of talking to one of the leaders behind that process,W3C Fellow Dave Raggett. Dave Ragget...
July 01, 2009 INDUSTRY EVENTS
Aviation Outlook Summit - Australia Pacific 03-06 August 2009. Four Seasons Hotel - Sydney, AustraliaThis yearly event, held in cooperation with the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), sees ATI players in the Australia and Pacific region get together to explore opportunity and strategy for airl...
November 12, 2008 Spreading the message
At the annual convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in Oshkosh,Wisconsin (see review on page five) SITA and its partners used the opportunity to highlightthe availability of three-letter airport codes in the .aero domain. Representatives from Afilias, registry operator of the .ae...
November 12, 2008 Action on climate change
A global cross-industry initiative that is supported and financed by the commercial aviationindustry has chosen .aero as a key part of its branding. Enviro.aero has been established by the commercial aviation industry body, the AirTransport Action Group (ATAG) to provide clear information on industr...
November 12, 2008 Passion for flying
Two .aero external service providers were present at the 2008 Oshkosh Air Ventureconvention inWisconsin, US, at the beginning of August. Registry operator Afilias and .aero registrar Names Beyond welcomed visitors from all sections of the aviation community - from airport authorities to professional...
November 12, 2008 Meet the registrars: 101domain.com
101Domain.com handles more than 850 international domain name extensions alongside domain registration. It is an authorized registrar for the .aero domain. The company also employs domain management tools such as Domain Name System (DNS) recordmanagement and domain hosting. Through 101Domain Worldwi...
November 12, 2008 Reporting progress in the development of a truly global information society
Back in 2005, the UN’sWorld Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) produced fine documents and promises of action to come. So what progress has been made in some of the most significant areas of concern for the evolution and availability of information and communication technologies (ICT)? Governm...
November 04, 2008 December 1st - Deadline for airports to register IATA codes on .aero
GENEVA - 4 November 2008 - SITA today issued a reminder that December 1, 2008 is the cut-off date for airports wishing to register their three letter IATA airport codes with .aero, the SITA-sponsored internet domain for the air transport industry. From December 1, these unique IATA location identifi...
July 19, 2008 Action on climate change
A global cross-industry initiative that is supported and financed by the commercial aviationindustry has chosen .aero as a key part of its branding. Enviro.aero has been established by the commercial aviation industry body, the AirTransport Action Group (ATAG) to provide clear information on industr...
June 30, 2008 Spreading the message
NamesBeyond - the US-based ICANN-accredited .aero registrar - has been successfully using the media to spread the message that airlines only have until 30 November this year to register their pre-reserved IATA-location identifiers within the .aero domain. After 1 December, those airport codes will b...
June 30, 2008 Registry does not support "front running"
Concerns have been raised in recent months over a new phenomenon known as "domain name front running".This occurs when someone conducts a search for a domain name and, shortly thereafter, someone else (a "front runner"), using information obtained during the search, pre-emptively registers the name....
June 30, 2008 The exhibition domain
When youre running a trade exhibition, you need to get the message across to potential exhibitors and visitors quickly, efficiently and clearly. Air transport industry exhibitions command an increasingly global audience - so precision in marketing is vital. Relevance is also critical, so hats off to...
June 30, 2008 Oshkosh is the place to be
From 28 July to 3 August, the town of Oshkosh, in the US state of Wisconsin, becomes the place of choice for up to 750,000 people with one interest in mind - a passion for flying. Some 10,000 aircraft will be flown into EAA AirVenture by enthusiasts from around the world. This is the annual conventi...
June 30, 2008 Meet the registrars - Regtime
Regtime Ltd was the first Russian ICANN-accredited registrar to offer a full service of cyrillic domains to Russian companies and individuals. Russian is the native or second language for more than 230 million people, so the decision to launch cyrillic language domains in 2001 was an important stage...
June 30, 2008 Universal Aviation
Active in more than 50 countries, Universal Aviation is the ground support division of Universal Weather and Aviation Inc., which began operations almost 50 years ago providing weather briefings for Corporate aviation. Universal Aviation covers Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, as wel...
June 30, 2008 Who owns and runs the Internet: the role of W3C
Its easy to forget that, when Tim Berners-Lee first thought up what he called the World Wide Web in 1990, it was intended simply as a tool for the use of fellow scientists associated with CERN, the particle physics research centre that straddles the French/Swiss border near Geneva. The TCP/IP protoc...
October 24, 2007 The release of reserved domain names
At the most recent meeting of the .aero council (DAC), on 6 June, it was recommended that SITA should release currently reserved special industry and other reserved domain names for registration by eligible members of the aviation community. Domain names will be released for registration as of 1 Nov...
October 24, 2007 Sporting magic and .aero
One of the earliest supporters of the project to provide the air transport community with its own Internet top level domain was the FAI - the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - otherwise known as The World Air Sports Federation Today a growing number of Federation members are enjoying the thre...
October 24, 2007 North American exchange
Once again .aero will be participating in the high-level ATA e-Business Forum, to be held this year from 17-19 October at Miami Beach, Florida. The ATA e-Business Program focuses on the creation of standards for information exchange to support engineering,maintenance, matériel management and flight ...
October 24, 2007 Meet the registrars - Namesbeyond
Names Beyond is a US-based ICANN-accredited registrar offering online identity protection and domain management services. The company has systems dispersed in India, South EastAsia and Canada, as well as North America. We spoke to their founder, President and CEO Uma Murali. Q: Your company became a...
October 24, 2007 Domain profile: enviro.aero
"There are many myths and untruths about aviations impact on the environment. The aim of this website, developed by the commercial aviation industry, is to set the record straight."The opening words of the home page for enviro.aero, a new domain that is open from the outset about its origins. Enviro...
October 24, 2007 Who owns and runs the Internet: the special role of ISOC
The Internet Society (ISOC) was launched in January 1992 to "provide assistance and support to groups and organizations involved in the use, operation, and evolution ofthe Internet". Initially it was envisaged as a professional society supporting development of the Internet as a global research comm...
October 24, 2007 Virtual aviation
With the success of Second Life and other virtual worlds that exist only within the Internet and the WorldWideWeb, a growingnumber of individuals and organizations are asking if they can register their virtual names within the .aero domain. As the organizationresponsible for the integrity of the ,ae...
July 25, 2007 SITA to release 3-letter airport codes and reserved names
At the last .aero council (DAC) meeting on June 6th, it was recommended that SITA release 3-letter airport codes (location identifiers) and the currently reserved special industry and other reserved domain names for registration by eligible members of the aviation community on a first-come-first-ser...
June 15, 2007 Adding real benefit to the .aero domain
An important part of the work of the .aero team is to help the industry explore and understand some of the innovative thinking that is a continuing feature of the Internet community. For example, in October last year, .aero chaired a session at the US-based Air Transport Association’s e-business for...
June 15, 2007 Meet the registrars - Secura
Ever since the .aero domain was opened for business in March 2002, only members of the aviation community - including airlines, airports, aerospace companies, organizations, associations, government agencies and qualified individuals - have been able to register a .aero name. Those registering for t...
June 15, 2007 The .aero domain just keeps on growing
The .aero domain continues to offer a unique service to the industry, providing an exclusive top level domain as a development platform for innovative Internet-based services that use the well-established aviation naming and coding conventions. Through 2006, there was a significant increase in regis...
June 15, 2007 Spreading the word across North America...
Through June and July, the .aero domain is featuring on the home page of PartsBase.com, the worlds largest on-line aviation market place. With a bias towards the massive North American market, the company nevertheless serves 23,000 end-users, representing some 4,500 member companies worldwide. Parts...
June 15, 2007 ...and Air Transport News chooses .aero
The recently launched Air Transport News - a daily e-mail and online newsletter produced in English by 11Aviation Publications, a specialist aviation publisher based in Athens, Greece - is affirming its industry credentials by using the .aero domain. The newsletter (which can be found at www.airtran...
June 15, 2007 Who owns and runs the Internet - the evolving role of ICANN
When the Internet Protocol was first developed, a crowd of networks evolved beginning with the US Government-funded ARPANET. Ultimately they were linked together to create what we know today as the Internet. From the outset, no-one owned the Internet. However, someone had to keep track of all the pr...
June 15, 2007 What's happening to the digital divide?
You may not have realized it, but 17 May was World Information Society Day, a moment set by the UN to remind the world of the vision set out at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005 to build "a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society". The drivers ...
October 30, 2006 New, improved registration service launched for .aero domain names
.aero domain registrars can offer to their .aero customers a one stop shop for registration of .aero domain names. On October 7, 2006 .aero the top level domain of aviation, will launch a new one step registration process for .aero domain names.In the past, all customers had to pass a .aero eligibil...
October 30, 2006 RFID workshop – deployment and implementation
From e-ticketing to the replacement of bar-coded baggage tags with the more robust RFID tags, ID technology is fast becoming a crucial topic for discussion. As an emerging technology there are still many barriers to community-wide adoption, one of them being the risk associated with the deployment o...
October 30, 2006 8 New registrars join the .aero family
Over the past few months, SITA the sponsor of .aero has been actively recruiting new registrars, to join the current group of .aero authorized registrars. This expanded sales channel offers potential registrants, as well as existing registrants, a wider choice of registrar based services in a variet...
