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AIN Article Schubach Aviation Expands

Schubach Aviation Expands on Wave of Air Charter Demand

California-based aircraft charter and management firm Schubach Aviation has added a new hangar and office space and expects to enlarge its managed fleet to 20 by the end of the year as it rides the wave of demand experienced by Part 135 operators across the country.

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Modern Luxury San Diego Article Mile High Meals

Mile-High Meals

Take your travel meals to great new heights with Schubach Aviation. As San Diego’s premier jet charter, the aviation brand has teamed up with Cardiff-by-the-Sea’s Waverly to elevate its offerings through an exclusive new menu of in-flight dished and beverages.

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Sherpa Report Article Private Jet Customer Service

Looking at Customer Service in Private Aviation

The lifeline of any high-end luxury business is how well guest services are both offered and conducted. Service for any affluent population is about quiet, unobtrusive, anticipatory service – the norm in any high-end private home or estate.

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Modern Luxury San Diego Kimberly Herrell interview

Flying High

After starting at Schubach Aviation in 2006 as the company’s vice president, Kimberly Herrell recently acquired the San Diego-based jet charter operator, becoming CEO and co-owner.

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Aviation owner: Why the ‘appetite for owning aircraft’ has grown over the past year

Schubach Aviation Owner & Chief Executive Kimberly Herrell joins Yahoo Finance Live to talk about the demand in private aircraft inventories, managing luxury aviation fleets, current periods of hangar backload, and pilot shortages.

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New York Times Article Private Jets

Private Jets Multiply in the Skies

Kimberly Herrell, owner and chief executive of the jet charter operator Schubach Aviation, has a 30,000-square-foot hangar in Carlsbad, Calif., and was able to secure a secondary hangar space at Carlsbad Jet Center last year. As demand has grown for her services, she has not struggled to find places to park her clients’ planes, but she has had issues securing new aircraft.

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New York Times Article Private Jets

More Private Jets Take to the Skies Creating Gridlock on the Ground

When Mike Pellitteri started flying his private plane in 2013, it was easy to find a spot to park it. But over the past decade, hangar space has become sparse, so Mr. Pellitteri, a general contractor, has joined an increasing number of developers who have never worked in aviation before: He’s building hangars himself.

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Robb Report Article Lower Costs Larger Cabins

‘Lower Costs, Larger Cabins’: Why Aviation Companies Are Investing in the Humble Turboprop

When CEO Patrick Britton-Harr launched AeroVanti last summer, he fashioned a fleet entirely from turboprop jets made for short-haul, regional routes. The unconventional choice fit the Annapolis, Md.-based air charter broker’s goal: to provide customers with affordable access to private aircraft.

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Robb Report Article Private Jet Humanitarian Aid

From Soldiers to Ukrainian Refugees: Private Jets Are Flying Humanitarian Missions Around the World

Last Christmas, Chief Petty Officer Joaquin Ozuna saw his family for the first time in five years. Recently stationed at the US Naval base in Pensacola, Fla. after several years in San Diego, he flew with his wife and five children to Washington DC, to surprise his mother, 15 brothers and sisters, and 46 nieces and nephews just before the holidays.

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Robb Report Article 10 Things to Bring on a Private Jet Holiday

The 10 Best Things to Bring on Your Private Jet Getaway This Holiday Weekend

President’s Day is one of those inauspicious holidays that means an extra day of vacation for some. But in the private-jet world, it’s an important day on the flight calendar. It’s the fifth-busiest weekend for aircraft owners, jet-card members and charterers, with an expected 50,000 private flights taking off from Friday through Monday.

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