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What does the .aero domain mean?
The .aero domain
aero was developed in response to the growing need of the community,
and is designed to create a structured, open and constantly evolving
Internet naming architecture which will help the aviation community to
integrate systems and service, and streamline communications within the
community and with its partners.
What is a "slot"?
The aviation industry knows 2 different types of slots which are not related to each other:
- The Air Traffic Control (ATC) slot is needed by each departing flight on the actual day of operation to avoid congested airways. This slot is only valid for this specific flight and for a specific departure time window (~25 min.). In Europe the ATC slot is centrally coordinated and allocated by EuroControl in Brussels.
- The Airport slot is mandatory at coordinated airports for each movement (arrival AND departure) and is valid for a specific time at a specific weekday and for a specific period applied for! The airport slot is used to plan the runway capacity and/or other capacity constraints for a whole season to minimize airport congestion and potential delays.
What is the "EU-US Open Skies Agreement"?
The EU-US Open Skies Agreement is an air transport agreement between the
United States and the European Union. The agreement allows any airline of
the European Union and any airline of the United States to fly between any
point in the European Union and any point in the United States. Airlines of the
United States are also allowed to fly between points in the European Union.
Airlines of the European Union are also allowed to fly between the United States
and non-EU countries like Switzerland. The agreement was signed in Washington D.C.
on April 30, 2007. The agreement will be applied from March 30, 2008.