The question is actually broader and has to do with a role that has been playing since its foundation in 1949, i.e. that of creating global standards and shared communication structures for the air transport industry. In fact, some of the SITA's first discussions regarding industry standards resulted in the agreement between ICAO, IATA and SITA on the use of agreed standards for message content and protocols, and the implementation of industry codes, identifiers and designators.
The decision to create a shared communications structure, taken in 1949 by 10 European airlines and one US airline with the formation of SITA, was made to eliminate 'excessive delays' and benefit the public through speedier handling of reservations. ICAO, IATA and SITA agreed on the need for industry standards for both message content and protocols. Discussions resulted in the introduction of a designator systems for the industry in the early 1950s. These codes, now managed by ICAO, IATA and the ATA, include:
Renewal is your responsibility, but the registrar makes the best effort to contact you. You should always keep your contact information up to date.
Yes. This is a matter of asking your domain administrator to configure your DNS as you require. Your administrator will be able to ensure, for example, that your desired website is displayed when using your .aero address. Otherwise, you can ask your registrar to do this change for you.
Yes, registrars are to be allowed to transfer domain names between registrants. In order to do this, the gaining registrant must have an approved Aviation Community Membership ID with the associated registrant class for the transferred domain name, which must be the same as the registrant class, associated with the Membership ID of the losing registrant. Please note that the following steps would need to be performed with the transfer:
a. Update the Membership ID record associated with the transferred domain
No. The pending create feature is not available for reserved names in the .aero registry. You can request a reserved .aero domain name, request Membership ID or modify your existing Membership ID directly through the .aero web site here: http://www.information.aero/registration/manage_your_aero_id