{"id":7037234,"date":"2026-08-11T00:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/boston-and-bermuda\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:08:43","slug":"boston-and-bermuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7037234","title":{"rendered":"Boston and Bermuda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/askthepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DC-10-Bermuda-Boarding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18553\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><h4>May 23,2026<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>Of the other kids in school, my classmates and friends at Abraham Lincoln elementary in Revere, most had never been on an airplane. This was the late 70s, when the cost of tickets put air travel out of reach for much of middle class America.  <\/p>\n<p>Of the kids who had been on planes, myself among them, a surprisingly large number of us had vacationed on Bermuda \u2014 that  hook-shaped island in the Atlantic, about two hours flying time from Boston.<\/p>\n<p>People assume Bermuda is a lot further south than it actually is. It sits roughly on the same latitude as Atlanta, and only 650 miles off the coast of the Carolinas. The island\u2019s proximity, together with its mild weather, pink sand beaches and picturesque stucco cottages, drew tens of thousands of New Englanders every year. <\/p>\n<p>The Caribbean was a much further away and a lot more expensive. Hawaii was out of the question. Florida was the obvious go-to, but Bermuda had an exotic-ness to it that Orlando or Tampa didn\u2019t. It was a little bit of Europe \u2014 in an unintimidating, fussily British sort of way \u2014 without the long flight and pricey airfare. <\/p>\n<p>All the local travel agencies hyped Bermuda, and the Sunday paper was full of easy and affordable package deals.<\/p>\n<p>We signed on for one of those packages in the early spring of 1979, when I was in seventh grade. My parents, my sister, my grandmother and one of my uncles all made the trip. None of us had ever been outside the United States.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines flew a daily DC-10 on the route from Boston. Not to be outdone, Delta flew a similarly sized L-1011.  <\/p>\n<p>Our flight was on American. At the time, the airline\u2019s DC-10s had a cockpit camera that allowed you to watch the pilots during takeoff and landing. Projected onto the bulkhead screens, the black-and-white visuals were blurry and unsteady, but for a 13 year-old airplane nerd like me, it was thrilling to watch. I remember the captain, who for sure is long dead by now, turning his head to the side and saying to us all, \u201cHere\u2019s a handsome profile shot for ya.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure what, in retrospect, is more remarkable, the cockpit camera (unthinkable today) or the fact that two different airlines were operating 260-seat widebodies on a two-hour hop.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not like that anymore. <\/p>\n<p>Over time, Bermuda lost its crown as New Englanders\u2019 premier sun spot. <\/p>\n<p>A couple of things happened. First, the cost of flying fell and the choice of destinations grew. The vacation market fragmented, with more carriers going to more and more places \u2014 at affordable fares.<\/p>\n<p>Bermuda hotel prices, meanwhile, began to skyrocket, aiming for wealthier clientele rather than middle-class holidaymakers that had been its mainstay. Sure it\u2019s a short flight, but for most people that no longer matters if accommodations cost a fortune. It became cheaper to go elsewhere, even if further away.  <\/p>\n<p>Those DC-10s and L-1011s gave way to narrowbody planes. Northwest Airlines ran a 727 for a while. Delta used a 767-200, then downsized to an Airbus A319 before suspending the route during COVID and never bringing it back. Today your options are JetBlue or a tiny upstart called BermudAir, both using small jets.  <\/p>\n<p>The cruise ships still make their runs, usually in the spring and fall, but otherwise the island\u2019s regional allure is long gone.<\/p>\n<p>Below, on the Bermuda airport apron, is our DC-10 as it prepared for departure back in \u201979. In the photo up top you can see my mother (in pink), my sister (yellow), and my grandmother (gray), climbing the airstairs for the flight home.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 30px auto 40px; text-align: center; clear: both;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/askthepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AA-DC-10-Bermuda-2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33874\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related Stories:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/askthepilot.com\/memorial-day-dc10\/\">THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE DC-10<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/askthepilot.com\/san-juan-1980\/\"> DOWN AND OUT AT THE EL SAN JUAN <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 23,2026 Of the other kids in school, my classmates and friends at Abraham Lincoln elementary in Revere, most had never been on an airplane. 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