5th March 2024 Experience Co / SkydiveThe Australasian adventure operator says it saw the most pronounced recovery in Queenstown during the Chinese New Year at its NZONE skydive business.
27th October 2023 SkydivePolice have named 43-year-old Carlos Gabriel Obaid Haddad as the skydive cameraman who died in an accident near Aoraki Mt Cook.
18th May 2022 People / SkydiveSkydive Queenstown has appointed Martin Langford to the role of national sales manager.
11th March 2022 Incident / SkydiveSkydive Auckland says it is “deeply saddened” by the loss of a skydiver, who died on Thursday evening.
11th June 2021 Incident / SkydiveThe TAIC releases its report into the fatal skydive accident that killed American tourist Tyler Nii.
24th March 2021 Events / SkydiveThe New Zealand Parachute Federation National Competition will take place at Skydive Auckland this month.
22nd March 2021 SkydiveMan dies after a skydiving accident in Mount Maunganui on Saturday 21 March.
23rd February 2021 Experience Co / SkydiveThe Australasian operator’s New Zealand skydiving business was among its worst performers, according to the company’s half-year report.
28th August 2020 Corporate / SkydiveRevenue from the operator’s NZ jump sites has been hit hard by the pandemic.
4th June 2020 Skydive / TechnologyExperience Co has selected Queenstown-based IBIS Technology as its tourism business systems software provider for the company’s skydiving operations in both New Zealand and Australia.
15th May 2020 SkydiveAshburton-based Skydiving Kiwis is set to expand its operations to two new Canterbury jump sites comprising Sumner Beach and Hanmer Springs.
21st February 2020 Corporate / SkydiveExperience Co’s New Zealand jump sites saw tandem volume fall to 23,414 for the six months to 31 December 2019, down 14.4% on the same period a year earlier.
29th October 2019 Skydive / SustainabilitySkydive Tauranga entered into a partnership agreement with conservation charity Trees that Count, as it commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2025.
18th October 2019 SkydiveINFLITE has been given the go-ahead for its Skydive Mt Cook operation at Pukaki Airport but had to apply for resource consent to land its parachutes.
4th October 2019 SkydiveProceeding with skydive operations without council approval or getting the case heard in court are options being considered by INFLITE after it delayed the launch of the country’s newest skydive operation.
3rd October 2019 Adventure / SkydiveOperators seek legal advice after INFLITE is forced to delay NZ’s newest skydive venture.
10th September 2019 Acquisition / SkydiveThe deal sees the operator control the most jump sites in NZ after entering the skydive market only last year.
10th May 2019 Acquisitions / SkydiveMore staff and aircraft planned as the Auckland-based business expands its skydiving and scenic flight interests.
23rd April 2018 Acquisitions / SkydiveAviation tourism operator INFLITE has entered the New Zealand skydive sector with a multi-million dollar purchase of Skydive Franz Josef Glacier.
