Editorial Policy

SkyIndoFly is an independent aviation editorial site covering routes, airlines, and airports for Indonesian readers — overseas migrant workers (PMI), Umrah and Hajj pilgrims, the Indonesian diaspora, and domestic travellers. 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 SkyIndoFly Editorial Team byline. Every YMYL article is signed off by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor before publication. The masthead is on the 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, UK, US, Saudi)
• Hajj / Umrah quota allocation, pilgrim package costs, Saudi Ministry of Hajj rules
• PMI recruitment rules and fees (BP2MI, destination-country embassies)
• Airline baggage allowance and excess-baggage rates
• IDR-USD-SAR FX and remittance guidance
• Specific fare quotes attached to a calendar date

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 Investor Relations filing or published scheduled-flight timetable.

Source hierarchy

1. Indonesian regulators: Ministry of Transportation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bimas Islam — Hajj & Umrah), BP2MI (Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency), Immigration.
2. Multilateral regulators: ICAO, IATA, IOSA registry, Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
3. Airline primary sources: Investor Relations filings, scheduled timetables, baggage and loyalty rules.
4. Aviation trade press: AnnaAero, FlightGlobal, ch-aviation, CAPA. For context and secondary confirmation.
5. Indonesian national press: Kompas, Tempo, Detik, CNN Indonesia as tertiary confirmation only — never the sole source for a YMYL claim.

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. Failures are re-sourced or removed.
3. YMYL sign-off required for YMYL articles.
4. Pre-publication tone check — articles scanned against the SkyIndoFly tone-lock: no PMI-as-suffering-hero framing, no Umrah politicization, no aviation-accident hyperbole.

Corrections policy

• Confirmed factual errors corrected within 24 hours.
• last_updated date refreshed on every correction.
• Dated Corrections note added at the bottom of the article for material corrections (changes conclusion, fare bracket, visa rule, or Hajj placement).

Conflict of interest

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

Use of AI / LLM

We use LLMs as research assistants for source-finding, first-draft outlines, and clarity edits — never as the final voice of an article. Every published article passes through human editorial review, fact-checking, and tone-lock compliance. Hero images are generated via fal.ai based on detailed editorial prompts.

Commercial transparency

Affiliate marketing relationships are documented in Affiliate Disclosure. We do not accept airline sponsorship or paid placement.

Contact

Editorial concerns or correction requests: [email protected].