Sustainibility

Our Travel Agency, PARAGLIDING MEDELLÍN, is a travel agency that operates paragliding activities in the context of adventure tourism. Our main goals are to provide our clients with high-quality services delivered responsibly and efficiently, generate value for our shareholders, promote the professional development of our team, support the development of the social environments in which we operate, and use natural resources in a susteinable manner for the activities we carry out.

We recognize that balancing our economic, social and environmental responsabilities – guided by sustainability principles – is essential to maintaining our current leadership position and strengthening it for the future. For this reason, we commit to the following:

Commitments:

  • We are committed to preventing, eliminating, or reducing the environmental impact of our paragliding activities in the areas where we operate, while continuously improving how we interact with our surroundings.
  • We strive to provide unique, high-quality services that ensure every guest enjoys a safe and memorable experience, fostering lasting satisfaction.
  • We promote safe practices. We work to identify and manage potential hazards and risks to prevent incidents and accidents. This includes delivering thorough pre-activity briefings, strengthening our culture of self-care, and ensuring that both our customers and our team understand and embrace every safety control measure in place.
  • We maintain our high-quality equipment. Our paragliding equipment is kept in optimal condition through rigorous maintenance and cleaning practices, ensuring reliability and the highest standards of safety and performance.
  • We cultivate respectful, fair, and collaborative relationships with all stakeholders, including service providers. We proactivily anticipate and manage potential conflicts while encouraging active cooperatiion among companies in our sector.

We fully comply with all legal requirements governing the effects of paragliding tourism activities. We are committed to continuous improvement in all aspects of sustainability and customer satisfaction. This commitment is supported and promoted by our management embraced by all who work with or on behalf of our company, shared with our suppliers, and subject to third-party evaluation.

This Sustainability Policy is reviewed annually and whenever sircumstances require it.

Applicable Legislation

Paragliding Medellín is constantly working with sustainable tourism practices and all  applicable articles enshrined in Colombia´s tourism laws. In doing so, we are benefitting our community, our nation, our environment and the well-being of our visitors.

We are honored to present some of these norms and articles to you:

We reject child labor

We reject racism and discrimination

We reject sexual exploitation of minors

We reject illegal exportation or importation of flora and fauna

We support the protection of our national and cultural wealth

FEDEAEREOS

Federación Colombiana de Deportes Aéreos

Federación Colombiana de Deportes Aéreos FEDEAEREOS. Promover el deporte aéreo en el territorio nacional. Parapente – Paracaidismo – Ala Delta – Paramotor – Paratrike – Aeromodelos – Globos

RAC4

Aviación deportiva

El RAC 4 de Colombia se refiere a las Normas de Aeronavegabilidad y Operación de Aeronaves emitidas por la Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (Aerocivil) de Colombia, las cuales establecen los requisitos de seguridad y operación para todas las aeronaves que operan en el espacio aéreo colombiano, sean de matrícula nacional o extranjera. Este reglamento se alinea con los estándares internacionales de la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI) y abarca aspectos como el equipamiento de las aeronaves, los procedimientos de operación y la formación de la tripulación para garantizar la seguridad del vuelo.

AIP PUBLICACIÓN

Info Aeronáutica

La AIP Colombia (Publicación de Información Aeronáutica de Colombia) es el manual oficial de información aeronáutica que contiene datos esenciales para la navegación aérea y las operaciones aeroportuarias en ColombiaProporciona información de carácter permanente y los cambios temporales de larga duración necesarios para que los pilotos, operadores y personal aeronáutico puedan realizar vuelos seguros.