The top-level domain for the aviation industry, .AERO, has been successfully transitioned by Afilias Limited.

The top-level domain for the aviation industry, .AERO, has been successfully transitioned by Afilias Limited. The transition was completed on behalf of SITA, the sponsoring organization for .aero, and heralds significant technical improvements to the .AERO domain including faster DNS resolution, enhanced security and disaster recovery procedures, an upgraded distribution interface, and industry standardization.

According to Hal Lubsen, President and CEO of Afilias, ”Afilias is pleased to bring .AERO into the Afilias family of customers that it services with state of the art domain registration technology that is fast, reliable and secure. We are looking forward to a successful partnership with SITA to improve the value, technology, distribution, and prosperity of the .aero domain.”

The .aero domain is open for registration by all members of the aviation community including airlines and airports, pilots and crew members, air services providers, cargo and other related entities. Thousands of existing .aero domains were migrated when the transition was completed during a twelve-hour window between 15 and 16 February 2006.

As of result of the migration onto Afilias’ technology, the .aero registry will now operate on the world-standard Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) which Afilias pioneered in launching domain name registries. The upgrade to EPP allows increased flexibility, standardization, and access to a broader distribution channel of ICANN-accredited registrars. The .aero registry will also deliver DNS resolution speed increases, reducing the time from registration-to-resolution of a domain name to under 5 minutes.

Marie Zitkova, Head of .aero added, ”SITA is pleased to be able to deliver these enhancements, improving the technology, service, and availability of .AERO domains. By working with Afilias, SITA believes that the .aero domain can fulfill its potential by leveraging Internet technology to connect the entire aviation community and facilitate communication between people and entities which provide efficient, safe and secure transport of people and cargo by air.”

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