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ABOUT AIRSPORTS TENERIFE?

EXPERIENCE

Highly experienced professional paragliding instructors with over 30 years of flying experience. With over 20 of these paragliding in Tenerife.

THE BEST

Our international team of pilots represents the best from the UK, Sweden, Italy and Spain. All our pilots are fully certified by the World Air Sports Federation.

SAFE

Your safety is of course our biggest concern. We have a 100% safety record.. We will never attempt to fly in questionable conditions and all decisions are made from a safety first basis. Paragliding in Tenerife is a wonderful, momentous experience and we ensure that at all time you feel safe and secure with your pilot.

PASSIONATE

Paragliding and flying with our clients is our passion. We strive to provide our clients with the safest and most memorable experience possible, not only in the air but from the moment we meet you until we say our good byeĀ“s.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Several pilots in the team have been or still are active competition pilots and have been national champions in their own right within the sport of paragliding.

STRESS FREE

We work with a strict stress free policy. We make only three flight rotations per day allowing us plenty of time to provide a totally stress free environment for both our crew and clients. This improves both safety and pleasure.

Fly with the experts

 

Our vast knowledge as professional paragliding pilots with 30 years of flying experience, 20 of them on Tenerife has given us an unrivalled understanding of the weather patterns affecting the island, allowing us to make the most of the weather conditions increasing both safety and flight performance.

 

We will never attempt to fly in questionable conditions and all decisions are made from a safety firstĀ perspective.Ā We fly with the safest, most up-to-date flying equipment available that is serviced and replaced at regular intervals.

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Simon Fulford

Founder, managing director and instructor

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Aviation and free flight, in particular, is my greatest passion. Sharing these experiences and emotions with my guests is an amazing privilege for me.

 

I am originally from Wales, moved to Sweden in 1988 and started paragliding that same year after a trip to Chamonix. With some previous skydiving and sailplane experience, the transition to paragliding went relatively smoothly. I was hooked immediately and flew every moment I could. It didn’t take long before I became an instructor. I started working professionally with paragliding in 1991 and have never looked back, I founded Stockholm’s Paragliding school in 1995 which later on changed its name to Airsports. My love and passion for being airborne never weakened, it’s driven me to learn to fly most types of aircraft but paragliding is and always will be my favourite form of flying with its unbeatable feeling of freedom and “simplicity”.

 

Finally, I gave in to the long dark Scandinavian winters and moved to the Island of eternal spring, Tenerife in 2013 and founded Airsports Tenerife paragliding. Here the thermals really never end. We can safely fly all year round with an average of about 340 flyable days per year! A paragliding paradise!

 

When IĀ“m not in the sky you will most probably find me camping with my kids, buzzing about on my motorbike or mountain bike, or busy in the kitchen cooking and mixing drinks šŸ™‚

 

I hope to see you soon here in sunny Tenerife!

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International Crew

 

Our crew consist of an international team of highly experienced FAI certified professional tandem pilots representing amongst the best from The UK, Sweden, France, Italy, and Spain. Several pilots in the team have been or still are active competition pilots and have been National champions in their own right within the sport of paragliding. You can rest assure that you are in very safe hands when you fly with us at Airsports Tenerife.

 

Your safety is, of course, our biggest concern, the fact that our pilots fly on a full-time regular basis all year round means that their flying skills are always current and up to date with all modern techniques. We fly with the safest, most modern certified flying equipment available that is professionally serviced and replaced at regular intervals.

 

Our vast knowledge as experienced free flight pilots together with over twenty years of flying experience on Tenerife has given us an unbeatable understanding of the weather patterns affecting the island and therefore local flying conditions, allowing us to make the most of the weather conditions increasing both safety and flight performance. We will never attempt to fly in questionable conditions and all decisions are made from a safety-first perspective.

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Before booking please take a moment to read our Cancellation Policy

On the rare occasion of your flight being cancelled to bad weather conditions, we will reschedule your flight at no extra charge or offer a full refund if we fail to find a time that suits you.

Trip advisor reviews

  • star rating  Paragliding was on my bucket list and the boredom of the lockdown pushed me to get an energy boost. First time ever, Simon was just perfect.
    A nice unexpected discount... read more

    Sarah M
    June 9, 2020

    star rating  Absolutely Brilliant experience. Tandem instructors were fantastic..
    Recommend this totally. The flight was amazing, the pictures and videos were outstanding. Thanks Airtours for a great experience.

    Simon186408
    October 11, 2022

    star rating  Simon picked the 3 of us up from our accommodation and was very friendly and knowledgeable. One of the party was nervous about the flight but Simon sooner calmed her... read more

    lippy10
    December 19, 2020
  • star rating  Absolutely amazing!! I gave it as a birthday gift to my boyfriend. I booked the silver flight around noon I believe. The landscapes were beautiful, and it was just truly... read more

    avatar thumb annebelvdknijff
    February 2, 2023

    star rating  My daughter (11) has flown with Simon and she told me it was an amazing experience! A very smooth ride through the clouds, then over the mountains and sea, something... read more

    fretraveller2013
    July 11, 2019

    star rating  One of the best experiences in my life. I had never done it before, and as a first flight the landscape was stunning!! You start from the mountain and then... read more

    Denise Nicolau
    June 21, 2021
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