SITA sets deadline for airports to register IATA airport codes with .aero domain

Mumbai: Societe Internationale Telecommunication De Aeronautique (SITA) recently issued a reminder call to all the global airports wanting to register their three letter IATA airport codes with .aero domain for which it has sponsored an internet domain. The airports can register on the website www.nic.aero till the 28th of this month. Once the id and password is received, the airport can register from the list placed on the website and submit an .aero domain name request. The selected domains will be activated within 48 hours of approval.
The domain will work to deliver innovative internet-based services built on aviation naming and coding structures. Business applications, such as VoIP, e-ticketing and baggage management can benefit from the DNS technology-driven structured domain names, where standard naming structures will provide predictability and ease of access. But from the 1st of next month, the unique IATA location identifiers will not be reserved only for the airports but also to any qualifying organisation or individual on a first-come-first basis through accredited registrars. Currently about 6,000 members of the aviation community and more than 210 airports have registered to use their three letter IATA code for the .aero domain.
In India, only Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) have registered so far under the three letter IATA airport code on the .aero domain, while Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) have registered themselves with the domain name www.bangaloreairport.aero and www.hyderabad.aero and www.hyderabadairport.aero respectively, but are yet to register the three letter IATA airport code on the .aero domain.
22/11/08 Anita Jain/TravelBizMonitor

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Categories: Airports Nov 2008