How we research and write

Different kinds of information come from different places, and they are not all checked the same way. This is what each one rests on.

Airline baggage, carry-on, fares, check-in and contact details

The airline's own conditions of carriage and help pagesChecked by hand, figure by figure. Each published figure shows its source link and the date it was checked.

Passenger rights after delays and cancellations

Named regulators — for example the US Department of Transportation, the EU (EUR-Lex), the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the Australian GovernmentThe airline page names the framework that may apply and links to the regulator. We do not assess individual claims.

Where an airline flies: routes, destinations, distances, aircraft types seen

The Originfacts route dataset, built from Travelpayouts route dataLabelled with its source and not verified by hand. It accumulates over time, so it is not a schedule or a current fleet list.

Airline identity and links to conditions of carriage

Duffel's airline reference dataUsed to identify the carrier and point you to its own terms.

Airlines that have stopped flying

Cessation dates recorded in WikidataShown as a notice with a link to the Wikidata record. Very recent dates are held back until a person confirms them.

Flight prices and hotel results

Flight and hotel search partners, at the time of searchMay be live, cached, estimated or currency-converted. Confirm the final price on the provider’s site.

Destinations, entry rules, health and safety in articles

Official sources such as national tourism authorities and government travel advisoriesConsulted during research and editor review. Rules change; check the official source before you travel.

Originfacts uses AI tools to help with research, data organisation and first drafts. Every article is reviewed and approved by a human editor before it is published.

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   Topic selection

   Editors choose topics from a planned list, based on reader interest, route changes, seasonal travel and destination queries.

2. 2

   AI-assisted research and drafting

   A large language model, given a brief, our editorial guidelines and structured prompts, helps compile research and writes a first draft. AI also helps organise large datasets, such as airport facilities or historical timelines.

3. 3

   Saved as a draft

   Drafts are checked against our writing rules — for example, no claims of hands-on testing or first-hand stays — and are saved unpublished.

4. 4

   Editor review

   A human editor reviews the draft, checks the details most likely to be wrong, such as prices and policies, refines the language and publishes it under a named byline. No automated output is published without that review.

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   Images

   Cover images are often made with generative image models; real photographs are used where licensing permits. AI-generated images illustrate a concept and are never meant to show a specific hotel, aircraft, price or person.

Airline pages are built from a fact store in which every figure carries its own status, and only one status publishes. A section of an airline page appears only when every figure it needs is verified; until then it says so, rather than showing an estimate or a number copied from another website.

Right now 3,387 figures across 497 airlines are published this way. 6,282 more are held back as not yet verified.

If you notice an outdated route, an incorrect airport code or a typo, tell us. Send the page URL, the exact text that looks wrong and a source we can verify. When something is wrong, it is corrected or removed.

• Editorial emailcontact@originfacts.comCorrections, feedback and editorial questions.
• Online formReport an errorThe contact form, with the subject set for a correction.
• Company enquiriessupport@fxnholdings.comQuestions for FXN Holdings, the operator.

On airline pages, a corrected figure is re-checked against the airline's own page and gets a new source link and check date; a changed value never keeps the old stamp. More in the FAQ.

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The full details, including our partners, are in the affiliate disclosure and on the About page.