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{{Short description|Internet top-level domain}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name=aero
| image=Dotaero.png
| introduced={{start date and age|2001|12|22}}
| type=[[Sponsored top-level domain]]
| status=Active
| registry=[[Société Internationale de Télécommunication Aeronautique|SITA INC B.V.]] (registry agreement ends in December, 2005 and new registry operator is being sought)
| sponsor=[[Société Internationale de Télécommunication Aeronautique|SITA SC]]; a Dot Aero Council was formed to take input from community; various industry associations have partner status
| intendeduse=Airlines, airports, and other parts of the air-travel industry
| actualuse=Players in this industry seem to be using it, further usage just like [[.com]], [[.info]] and other TLDs
| restrictions=Credentials of applicants are checked before registration is permitted, but then any domain can be registered
| structure=Some categories of users can register at the second level and others at the third level within appropriate second level names; some industry codes such as those of airports and airlines were automatically linked to appropriate sites even if unregistered
| document=[https://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/aero/ ICANN registry agreement]
| disputepolicy=[[UDRP]], [https://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/sponsored/sponsorship-agmt-att12-13oct01.htm Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Procedure (CEDRP)]
| website={{URL|https://information.aero}}|}}

'''.aero''' (derived from [[aeronautics]]) is a [[sponsored top-level domain]] (sTLD) used in the [[Domain Name System]] of the [[Internet]].  It is the first sponsored top-level domain based on a single industrial theme. The <code>.aero</code> domain is reserved for companies, organizations, associations, government agencies, and individuals in [[aerospace]]-related fields. It was created in 2002 and is operated by [[SITA (IT company)|SITA]].  SITA created and operates the [[Dot Aero Council]].

Two-letter codes under <code>.aero</code> are reserved for airlines according to the [[IATA Airline Designators]]. While three-letter codes were initially reserved for airports ([[IATA airport code]]), they were released for registration by the larger aviation and aerospace community on December 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Airports codes released
|url=https://www.information.aero/airports_codes_released
|publisher=SITA
|accessdate=2012-09-02}}</ref>

The <code>aero</code> top-level domain was initially approved in 2001 for a 5-year term expiring December 17, 2006 as part of a proof-of-concept of new top-level domains. The agreement was extended in October 2006 for a six-month term until June 17, 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amendment No. 2 to TLD Sponsorship Agreement (.aero) |url=https://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/aero/sponsorship-amendment2-17may07.pdf |website=[[ICANN]]}}</ref> and continued to be renewed on a June–December six-month cycle through June 17, 2009. In 2009, SITA and ICANN completed a new 10-year sponsorship agreement for the operation of <code>.aero</code>.<ref>{{cite web
|title=New .aero sponsorship agreement with ICANN
|url=https://www.information.aero/new_aero_sponsorship_agreement_icann
|publisher=SITA
|accessdate=2012-09-02}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/aero.html IANA .aero WHOIS info]
* [http://www.information.aero/ Registry Operator website]
* [https://www.information.aero/registrar_list List of .aero accredited registrars]
* [http://www.information.aero/index.php?id=11 Dot Aero Council]
* [https://www.icann.org/tlds/renewals/aero-renewal-proposal-16dec05.pdf SITA's proposal for renewal of its agreement with ICANN for .aero]
* [https://forum.icann.org/lists/aero-renewal/ Public comments on the .aero renewal proposal]
* [https://information.aero/news/2007-10-24-04 Meet the .aero domain name registrars]
* [http://www.namesbeyond.aero/ NamesBeyond .aero accredited registrar]
* [https://www.domainregistry.aero/ Secura .aero accredited registrar]

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[[Category:Sponsored top-level domains]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2001]]


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