First Domain Name Day New gTLDs Workshop

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First Domain Name Day New gTLDs Workshop

• Rosa M. Delgado
• Internet Affairs New Business Incubation
  Director
• SITA
• Milan, 5th November 2002

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What is .aero?

• The aviation community Internet domain name
• First Industry specific Top Level Domain
• Enables to register names under a specific naming
  convention
• Expects to reduce domain disputes within the
  closed community
• Sponsored by SITA
• Launched in March 2002

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Why .aero? Inconsistent aviation domains

• Airports
• flysfo.com
• mlbair.com
• phl.org
• londonairport.on.ca
• munich-airport.de
• airport-stuttgart.de
• gva.ch
• adp.fr
• ci.houston.tx.us/has

• Airlines
• klm.com
• delta-air.com
• lanchile.com
• fly-pia.com
• ce-air.com
• garuda-indonesia.com
• aircanada.ca
• aerolineas.com.ar
• ana.co.jp

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Integrates the Aviation Community
Customers and agents
Suppliers and partners
Airports
Aerospace
Airlines
Civil aviation
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Industry Benefits

• Brand protection
• Strengthens aviation sectors Internet presence
• Entities individuals register their own domain
• Reliable service controlled by, and for the AC
• Validation process (prevents cyber-squatting)
• Community supervision
• Consistent and effective name structure
• Easy customer identification (ba.aero, jfk.aero)
• Structured domain name space
• Improves reliability, safety and security

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Who Can Register?

• airlines and commercial operators
• airports
• aviation industry associations
• civil aviation authorities
• aerospace
• air freight logistics companies
• air navigation services providers
• air safety, medical and certification
• aviation distribution systems
• Business aircraft operators

• aviation education and research
• aviation media
• government organizations linked to aviation
• air sports
• pilots
• aerial works
• aviation professionals
• aviation suppliers service providers
• recreational aviation

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How to register names?

• Membership to partner associations proves
  affiliation to the Aviation Community
• Strict requirements - only for valid aviation
  companies and suppliers
• Aviation members receive IDs (free of charge)
• Aviation id and password from registrar provides
  validation to register domains in .aero
• About 100 per name/year
• www.information.aero

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Aviation Community Membership ID

• Required for every domain name registration
• Determines the Registrant Group and privileges to
  register names
• One entity may receive more than one ID, if it
  belongs to more than one Registrant Group
• Issued centrally by .aero Office (automatically
  or following a manual review)
• ID record contains
• Organization name, contact person (email or fax),
  ID and password string, registrant group, code
  element (where industry code applies)

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Structure
Sponsor Organization
SITA SC
Dot-Aero Council (DAC)
Expert Advisory Group
IATA, ACI, ICAO, SITA, etc.
Registry Operator
Associations
SITA INC BV
Handle requests for domain names
Aviation Community
(Registrants)
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Partner Associations

• IATA (International Air Transport Association)
• ACI (Airports Council International)
• ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)
• CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services
  Organisation)
• FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale)
• GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturers Association)
• NBAA (National Business Aviation Association)
• NAG (Netherlands Aerospace Group)

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Aero Policy

• Domain Management Policy is defined in
  co-ordination with the community
• Conventions and standards
• Validation process
• Adopts ICANN policies in the context that will
  not interfere with AC competence
• Charter eligibility (CEDRP)
• Eligibility policy level (EPLDR)
• Universal Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
• ICANN Registrar Accreditation Criteria

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Naming Convention

• Distinctive and appropriate convention is set
  according to specific industry sectors
• name.aero trademark.aero
• name.airline.aero name.airport.aero
• name.service.aero name.freight.aero
• Priority is given to community standards,
  aviation industry designators and trademarks
• recognises aviation industry conventions and
  designators

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Airline Designator Codes Usage

• Uses IATA airline designator codes (2-charac IATA
  codes) as SLD identifiers
• e.g. ba.aero, af.aero, sr.aero, 1b.aero
• Approved by ISO Maintenance Agency Secretariat
  and ICANN (GAC)
• 2-letter combinations shall not be used in a
  manner which is inconsistent with the ISO 3166
  Maintenance Agency Secretariat's Alpha-2 code
  elements

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Some Statistics

• 3000 domains registered across all sectors of
  the aviation community
• More than 40 of names are registered by airlines
  and airports
• 30 out of top 50 airports registered domain names
  
• The most popular sub-domain (airport.aero)
• More than 30 of registered names have
  operational sites

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Some Examples

• Aerospace
• airbus.aero
• boeing.aero
• rollsroyce.aero
• Organizations
• aci.aero
• fai.aero
• Civil Aviation
• us.dgca.aero
• jp.dgca.aero
• Air freight
• dhl.aero
• Others
• airambulance.aero
• flightinternational.aero
• cockpit.aero

• Airlines
• swiss.aero
• virginexpress.aero
• aerlingus.aero
• cathay-pacific.aero
• kenya-airways.aero
• ba.res.aero (reservation)
• helicopter.aero
• Airports
• saudiairports.aero
• las.aero
• dublin.airport.aero
• frankfurt.airport.aero

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Current TLD Registration Figures

• 2002 2000
• com 20.0 mi 27.0 mi
• org 2.0 mi 2.5 mi
• info 0.8 mi
• biz 0.7 mi gTLDs
• name 0.5 mi
• aero 0.003 mi
• museum 0.003 mi sTLDs
• coop 0.008 mi
• Selected by ICANN in Nov2000

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Conclusions

• Customers need further awareness
• Clarify confusion (sponsored, generic
  ccTLDs)
• .com trends are changing
• New TLDs registries expectations were not met
• Enhanced marketing strategies are needed
• Co-operation among sTLD Registries is critical
• Will the market continue to decrease?
• Enhance co-operation with Registrars
• Registrars need to differentiate sTLDs /gTLDs
• How to attract specialized registrars?
• White label interface for registrars (SITA)
• Community needs more clear ICANN plans
• How the re-organization will affect business?
• More TLDs (how many more?)
• IDN

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Many Thanks Http//www.information.aero