Why is SITA, the Sponsor of .aero, pre-registering and activating domain names?
.aero, as a sponsored domain, is different from other domains in that registration and use of domain names must comply with the set policies of the domain. For example, two-character domain names can be only used by airlines-code holders, and names corresponding to flight numbers can be only used to provide information about the flight and so on. This is very good news for end-users, people as well as systems, because they can always “guess” what domain name to use based on their knowledge of the industry codes, and access desired information quickly. Say, as a passenger, you use the LA airport frequently, you know the code is LAX, so you just type www.lax.aero and you are on the web site of the airport. That’s fast! The problem is what to do before each and every member of the community activates their name, if there are gaps, they break the principle of predictability – the biggest asset of .aero. Pre-registration and activation of domain names was introduced to make sure that comple
