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Travel like an A-lister with Carlsbad’s Schubach Aviation, which offers a range of jets and private planes to charter or rent.

Modern Luxury – April 2021

While San Diegan Kimberley Herrell has called Carlsbad’s Schubach Aviation her professional home since 2005, the president and CEO took on her biggest role yet in January 2020-owner. Founded in 1992 by Henry Schubach, the world-class operation oversees San Diego’s largest fleet of corporation jets, flying clients from its Palomar Airport Road terminal to destinations throughout the United States, Europe and beyond. Now, Herrell is leading Schubach into its next era, launching its Elevated Excursions program through which guests can book one-of-a-kind travel excursions to hard-to-reach destinations.

California Women Making their Mark

Flying High with San Diego’s Kimberly Herrell

With fewer than 5% of female chief executives in the aviation industry, Kimberly Herrell has achieved success as president and CEO of Schubach Aviation, a private jet charter company in San Diego. In 2020, she purchased the company alongside a financial partner and ushered the company into a new era of success.

Fly Straight to the Hotel

The Private Passport to Pedregal program with Schubach Aviation will fly a party of between four and eight people from anywhere in the United States to Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal for a seven-night stay in a two-bedroom, ocean-view suite with a plunge pool, personal concierge, and butler service.

LUXE Cabo

The Waldorf Astoria brand was eager to make a grand entrance into Mexico’s resort market, so they did, in the biggest – and smartest – way possible: by taking the helm of one of the country’s existing elite, The Resort at Pedregal on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.

Schubach Aviation Takes Luxury Air Travel to New Heights

With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic irrevocably changing what it means – and looks like – to fly commercial, incentives for choosing private jet travel have never been higher. And respected Carlsbad-based charter operator and aircraft management company, Schubach Aviation, has been perfectly poised to meet this growing demand.

These 5 Hotels Now Offer Private Jet Service For Those Who Want To Social Distance While Traveling

If you are eager to travel and have the extra cash, these elite hotels now offer private flights with your reservation. The move comes in response to the hotel industry’s economically devastating months in light of COVID-19. The new service is intended to lure guests from around the world and revitalize the industry that is teetering on devastation.

Select luxury hotels now offering private flights to lure guests

Air travel around the world is taking tentative first steps to ramp up daily flights again, but understandably, many would-be passengers continue to be wary of commercial airline travel.

Air charter attracting younger demographic

San Diego–area air charter operator Schubach Aviation has seen the average age of its clients move lower, from 62 in 2015 to 56 at the end of 2019. “When we looked at the information, we realized we’d added more clients under age 40, which prompted us to look at the numbers and at our average age. And sure enough, every year it was slowly going down,” said Kimberly Herrell, owner and president of the 29-year-old firm.

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Best Private Air Charter: Schubach Aviation

Ready for a quick getaway to Bali? Maybe a weekend in Colorado? Or a respite in Sedona? Luxury jet charter Schubach Aviation houses San Diego’s most diverse fleet and is ready to jet you anywhere, anytime.