dotAIRPORT – Domain Names for Airports

The first support statements are in:

About support statements

Background:

dotAIRPORT, LLC will submit an application for the domain extension  ‘.airport’. Internet domain names like ‘www.miami.airport‘, ‘www.lax.airport‘ or ‘www.heathrow.airport‘ will become available to the relevant airports by 2022. Please visit www.dotAIRPORT.com/faq for an executive summary.

We need your support:

The domain extension ‘.airport’ will be applied for with ICANN in 2021. Other entities might be applying for ‘.airport’ as well. There is however a special procedure that grants priority for applications targeting the name of a “community” and having the community’s backing: hence we will apply as a “community priority applicant” for the “airport community”.

A for-profit, commercial applicant who has no ties to the airport industry would operate ‘.airport’ the same way as ‘.com’ is operated today: everybody would get access to ‘.airport’ domain names such as www.miami.airport or www.lax.airport:

• Fake airport websites (will be better ranked in Google searches and steal more visitors from YOUR official site)

• Domain squatters and “speculators” (trying to sell the domain to the relevant airport later)

• Non-Airport-Affiliated services located outside the airport trying to look more “official”:

  • www.parking-lax.airport

  • www.carrental-miami.airport

  • www.hotel-lax.airport

In order to discourage third parties to apply for the domain suffix ‘.airport’ with ICANN and in order to show case community support for dotAIRPORT, LLC’s public-benefit, non-profit effort we need a letter of support from you:

• International airports - large and small

• Any airport with an IATA code

• Civil aviation airports

• Airport associations: national or regional

Here how the letter should look like:

Addressed: To the ICANN Board

A short paragraph about who you are. Airport: how many passengers, how many flights, how many destinations. Why your airport is “special”. Associations: Whom you represent, how many members, your mission.

A very short summary of what you understand it is that the dotAIRPORT project is about. Read www.dotAIRPORT.com/faq and extract what you like most about it. Alternatively I can provide you with a suggestion.

Express your concern that a third party that is not affiliated or endorsed by the global airport community might apply for the operation of ‘.airport’ - and that this would incur harm to the airport community. Upon request I can provide you with a suggestion here as well.

Finally the call for action: request the ICANN board to not grant the right to operate ‘.airport’ to any third party that is not affiliated with and supported by the airport industry.

If you have questions regarding the support letter: please contact me!

For more information please send an email to alexander.schubert@dotairport.com or call +1(202)684 6806