Editorial Standards

Last reviewed: 1 October 2026 · Owner: Jeremy Comoglio, Editor-in-Chief

AirPro News exists to tell aviation, aerospace and space professionals what actually happened, from the document that says so. This page sets out how we do that: where our stories come from, how they are produced and checked, how we handle mistakes, and how we keep advertising away from the news. It is the standard we hold ourselves to and the one you should hold us to.

1. Primary sources, always

• Every article is built on an identifiable primary source: a company press release or newsroom post, a regulatory decision or filing, an agency statement, a court or government document, or an on-the-record statement to us.
• We link that source at the bottom of the article under Sources. If we could not reach a primary source and are relying on another outlet’s reporting, we name that outlet and say so in the text.
• We do not publish rumours, anonymous social-media claims or single-source leaks. When a story is developing and facts are incomplete, we say what is confirmed and what is not.
• Numbers matter. Order sizes, values, dates and quantities are taken from the source document, not from summaries of it, and we keep units and currencies as the source gives them.

2. What we cover, and what we don’t

Our beat is the business and technology of flight: commercial and business aviation, airlines and airports, MRO and manufacturing, engines and components, defence programmes and procurement, space launches and missions, drones and advanced air mobility, sustainable aviation, training and regulation.

By choice, we do not cover weapons and munitions, active conflicts and military operations, party politics, accidents and incidents, consumer travel content, or stock-market commentary. Where a defence story is about an aircraft programme, a delivery or an industrial contract, it is in scope; where it is about the use of force, it is not. This is an editorial decision about what we are good at and what our readers come to us for, not a judgement on the importance of those subjects.

3. How articles are produced

We are a small team and we use technology to keep up with an industry that publishes hundreds of announcements a day. Here is exactly how it works.

1. Selection. Incoming announcements and reports are screened for relevance and newsworthiness. Software helps with the first pass; the editor decides what is covered.
2. Sourcing. For each story we locate the original announcement and use it as the basis of the article. Where a report cites a document we cannot find, we say so.
3. Drafting. We use AI writing tools to help structure and draft articles and social posts from the source material. These tools are instructed to report only what the sources say, to attribute every fact, and not to speculate.
4. Editing. A human editor reads every article before publication, checks it against the source, removes anything unsupported, and decides on the headline. Nothing is published without that review.
5. Analysis. Many articles end with a short AirPro News analysis paragraph. That is the editor’s interpretation, drawing on the team’s operational experience in aviation and MRO, and it is labelled so readers can tell reporting from opinion.

We say this plainly because readers deserve to know, and because we think the combination — machine speed for gathering and drafting, human judgement for what matters and whether it is true — is the honest way for a small newsroom to cover a large industry well.

4. Accuracy and corrections

• When we get a fact wrong, we correct the article and add a note at the bottom stating what was changed and when. For minor errors such as typos or formatting, we fix them without a note.
• If a story turns out to be substantially wrong, we say so prominently at the top of the article rather than quietly rewriting it. We do not delete articles to hide mistakes.
• Anyone can request a correction by writing to contact@airpronews.com with the article link and the issue. We aim to respond within two business days and to act the same day when the error is clear.
• Companies and individuals named in our articles are welcome to send a statement in response; we will consider adding it.

5. Independence, advertising and sponsored content

• AirPro News is owned by AirPro News LLC and by its founders. We have no financial ties to any manufacturer, airline, agency or trade body, and no investor influences coverage.
• The site is funded by advertising, sponsored content and reader support. Editorial coverage cannot be bought, and sending us a press release does not make coverage more or less likely than the news itself justifies.
• Sponsored content is labelled “Sponsored” at the top of the article, is written to the same factual standard, and is kept separate from news in our social feeds and newsletter. Advertisers do not see or approve editorial articles before publication.
• Where we act as media partner for an event, we say so in our coverage of that event.
• Our team members do not write about companies in which they hold a financial interest.

6. Attribution, images and other people’s work

• We write our own articles. We do not reproduce press releases verbatim or copy other outlets’ reporting; when another outlet’s work is essential to a story, we credit and link it.
• Images come from the company or agency announcing the news, from official media libraries, or from licensed sources, and carry a photo credit. We do not use imagery we are not cleared to use.
• Quotes are used as given in the source and attributed to the person and organisation who said them.

7. Bylines and accountability

Articles are published under the AirPro News byline and are the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief, Jeremy Comoglio, a former aviation engineer with 19 years in aircraft maintenance who reviews and signs off every article. Questions about any article, and complaints about our standards, go to contact@airpronews.com and are answered by him.

8. Privacy and readers’ data

We collect as little as we can and never sell it. How we handle your data is set out in our Privacy Policy; the legal terms for using the site are in our Terms of Use.

9. Changes to this page

We review these standards at least once a year and whenever our tools or processes change materially. The date at the top shows the last review.