Only members of the aviation community-- incorporating airlines,
airports, companies, organizations, associations, government agencies
and qualified individuals, may register a domain name in .aero.
You may reserve your .aero domain before obtaining your .aero ID. However, your name will be in a pending status until to obtain your .aero ID.
Reliable, established, unique and exclusive.
.aero is aviation's own Internet space offering an established
alternative to the traditional TLDs - with the bonus that it is
managed by aviation for aviation.
Reliable
Technically, in the daily operations of the domain, there is no
distinction between .aero and generic TLDs such as .com, .org and
country specific TLDs. .aero’s registry services provided by
Afilias who operate world-class technology supporting some of the
largest generic TLDs in the world such as .info and .org
Unique
.aero is unique in that unlike other public domains. .aero can, and
does, define it own policies designed to safeguard the integrity of
the domain.
Exclusive
One such policy is the eligibility check of registrants. In most other
public Internet domains, names are registered on a first come first
served basis, with no requirements that registrants meet any
registration criteria.
By contrast in .aero as part of the registration process you must
obtain a .aero ID. This unique validity process screens potential
domain registrants ensuring that they are valid members of the
community. Thus maintaining the the integrity and exclusivity of the
.aero domain, whilst removing the potential of "cyber squatters" and
domain name speculators.
Innovative Internet based services
But .aero is so much more than the provision of a domain name or
Internet space, .aero is working to deliver innovative Internet-based
services built on aviation naming and coding structures. Read more
Ease of use
Registration and use of .aero domains does not interfere with existing
domain structures. This is important to air transport businesses with
a well-established Internet presence via the company name and country
domain name.