Editorial Policy

FlightsMX is an independent aviation editorial site for Mexican readers — paisanos visiting family in the US and Canada, Latin American travellers, Camino de Santiago pilgrims to Spain, Caribbean leisure travellers, and the Mexican diaspora in Europe. Our readers make real financial decisions based on what we publish. This policy lays out how we research and verify recommendations.

Editorial team

Articles are published under the FlightsMX Editorial Team byline. Every YMYL article is signed off by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor before publication. See the masthead at About page.

YMYL designation

The following article categories are treated as YMYL and subject to the two-source rule:

• Visa rules and processing times (Schengen, US, Canada, UK)
• Mexican consular documents for paisanos (matrícula consular, pasaporte)
• Airline baggage allowance and excess-baggage rates
• MXN-USD FX and remittance guidance
• Specific fare quotes attached to a calendar date
• INM and US CBP / CBP One rules for returns

Every load-bearing factual claim in a YMYL article must be supported either by (a) two independent regulator citations, or (b) one regulator citation plus one airline IR filing or published scheduled-flight timetable.

Source hierarchy

1. Mexican authorities: AFAC (Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil), SICT (Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes), INM (Instituto Nacional de Migración), STPS (Secretaría del Trabajo), SRE (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) for consular services.
2. Multilateral regulators: ICAO, IATA, IOSA registry, US FAA and Canada DGCA for North American routes, US CBP / Canada CBSA for entry rules.
3. Airline primary sources: IR filings, scheduled timetables, baggage and loyalty rules.
4. Aviation trade press: AnnaAero, FlightGlobal, ch-aviation, CAPA.
5. Mexican national press: El Financiero, El Universal, Reforma, Milenio as tertiary confirmation only.

Fact-check process

1. Research draft — sector editor drafts with inline source notes.
2. Fact-check pass — every load-bearing claim verified against the source hierarchy.
3. YMYL sign-off required for YMYL articles.
4. Pre-publication tone check — articles scanned against the FlightsMX tone-lock: no migration politicization, no paisano-community generalizations, no narcoculture framing, no ethnic stereotyping.

Corrections policy

• Confirmed factual errors corrected within 24 hours.
• last_updated date refreshed on every correction.
• Dated Corrections note added at the bottom for material corrections.

Conflict of interest

No FlightsMX editor or contributor holds equity in an airline, OTA, travel-insurance carrier, or package operator covered in our articles. Personal-relationship conflicts are disclosed in the byline.

Use of AI / LLM

We use LLMs as research assistants — never as the final voice of an article. Every published article passes through human editorial review. Hero images are generated via fal.ai based on detailed editorial prompts.

Commercial transparency

Affiliate marketing relationships are documented in Affiliate Disclosure.

Contact

Editorial concerns or correction requests: [email protected].