Who provides your skydiving service?

First, we are also a sales and information channel. We do not own the aircraft, employ the on-site instructors or operate the skydiving site. This article is not an argument to avoid channels. It explains why one service may involve several organisations whose roles should be checked separately.

Three roles may be held by one organisation or several

Sales and enquiry provider    sells online, answers questions and arranges enquiries
            ↓                  does not itself establish a flight or site role
On-site service provider     organises the site, instructors and equipment
            ↓                  purchases flight services or works with an aviation business
Flight service provider      supplies the aircraft and flight under its operating permissions

The brand you see, the organisation taking payment or signing a contract, the on-site provider and the business providing the aircraft and flight may be the same or different. Actual duties follow the contract and service arrangement.

The useful question is not which label looks better, but whether each role and the complete price are clear before payment.

Check the public credential, then check the site relationship

In the CAAC public snapshot dated 2026-05-31, China had 739 general aviation businesses. 39 operating-permission records included passenger-carrying skydiving flight services.

Those national records still do not identify which business serves a particular site. A business name or credential image must be checked together with the current permitted activity and evidence connecting that business to the site.

A site name, brand and credential holder do not naturally form a one-to-one relationship. General aviation businesses can serve locations outside their registered province, so the flight provider cannot be inferred from the province or brand; it must be checked site by site.

How to identify the organisations you are dealing with

Serving many provinces, including “general aviation” in a company name or being registered in a particular province are clues only. None independently proves that an organisation is a channel or operator.

Stronger evidence comes from the actual service documents:

Who sells the service and receives payment, and whose name is on the contract?
Who provides the site, instructors and equipment, and who provides the aircraft and flight?
Which exact organisation holds any credential shown on the page?
What connects that organisation to this site: a contract, official page, provider disclosure or only an oral lead?

A map “skydiving site” may not be an operating location

A map point of interest can be a shop, meeting point, destination area or historical location rather than the current take-off or landing site. A “city-centre shop” or similarly named point may be a sales or meeting location, but its role still needs confirmation.

Map and product information can become stale. A page remaining online does not by itself prove that its coordinates or service arrangements are current. Check the information date, recent official or provider communication, and the actual address supplied for the selected date.

Six questions to ask before paying

Which exact site will I attend? Ask for a concrete address, not only “customer service will advise”.
Which business provides the aircraft and flight, and what permission applies?
Which aircraft is planned, and who supplies it?
What is the complete price? Ask about on-site additions and weight surcharges.
What insurance applies, and what are the benefit or compensation limits?
What happens if the jump does not take place? Ask separately about weather and an on-site eligibility decision.

Current Chinese civil-aviation rules contain requirements concerning contracts, risk information, prices and truthful service information. This checklist helps a customer identify facts before payment; this website does not make a regulatory finding about any business.

Is buying through a channel necessarily worse?

No. The current interim rules for skydiving flight services expressly contemplate a charter-skydiving structure involving cooperation between a general aviation business and an agent. Whether a particular arrangement complies depends on the agreement, disclosures, contract and actual performance, not the marketing label.

More useful warning signs are:

The exact site is still “to be advised by customer service” when payment is requested.
The same package is sold under several different site names without explaining the actual location.
Only an initial price is shown and additional charges appear on site.
No one can identify the organisation providing the aircraft and flight.

“Channel” and “direct” are not quality conclusions. A more checkable service identifies the seller, on-site provider, flight provider, credential holder and complete customer price separately before payment.

What this website does

We organise 557 skydiving sites or destination records and track the evidence status of their location, programmes, price and organisation relationships. A directly supported fact carries its source and date; a lead remains “to be confirmed”. A province-level count never substitutes for a site-specific relationship.

We do not declare a business non-compliant. Missing evidence remains unconfirmed because cross-province service is common and a lack of locally registered credential holders proves nothing about a particular operation.

Data sources: Civil Aviation Administration of China, National General Aviation Business Operating-Permission Information (snapshot 2026-05-31); General Aviation Business Management Rules (Ministry of Transport Order No. 14 of 2026); and the Interim Measures for the Management of the Skydiving Flight Service Market. This article does not refer to any particular business.