Afilias Completes Transition of .aero Registry

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Afilias Limited, a provider of domain name registry services, yesterday announced that it has successfully completed the transition of registry services for .aero, the top-level domain for the aviation industry.

The company says that this transition, completed on behalf of SITA, the sponsoring organization for .aero, brings significant technical improvements to the .aero domain including faster DNS resolution, enhanced security and disaster recovery procedures, an upgraded distribution interface, and industry standardization.

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 -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --