Several months ago, I wrote about an unusual airline startup that plans to launch flights between the United States and Bermuda. There’s now a major update — the airline has put tickets on sale, and plans to launch flights next week.
Continue reading: Bermudair: New Bermuda-Based All-Business Class Airline Launches Flights
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
Would a foreign carrier necessarily care about 121 vs 135? After all, non-US-flagged airlines routinely have crew that don't meet the US' 121 requirements. Or does Bermuda happen to have a comparable regulation (which isn't totally illogical)?
Hi Ben - I mentioned this before but it was probably lost in the comments - FYI your site is returning a http header with a cache period of 6 months which means that visitors to the page from a link/bookmark won't see a refresh unless they force refresh. I had been coming to the site every morning via bookmark and it was unchanged for like 6 days until i realized it and then i did a refresh and the posts come up. But on the next visit it will still be cached again.
I see no market for this airline but I wish them luck. b6/NK should do FLL-BDA.. will knock them right out.
Wow, at first I thought $1,000 each way ($2,000 roundtrip) was expensive. Then I searched (BOS-Bermuda only) and realized that there are no non-stop (at least via Google), and the 1 stop cheapest (Jan 6-13, 2024) was almost $3,600. So I guess it's not that bad of a deal then. Although a bit much for me, LOL
There is absolutely demand for this between the heavy business travel and a very large student population in New England (from very affluent families). With that said, that is a lot of frequencies and I agree that there is no way the winter demand will be that high. I hope it works out; it could fill a great nice/hole and the pricing is not unreasonable for the product. Time will tell.
Seconding this. Had to go into Firefox settings and force it to not cache anything at all. Which is kind of a pain.
Is this ultimately something that could operate out of LCY via BDA to the east coast?
$300 OW, OK.
$1000? LOLiLOLiLOL
I know there are a lotta rich people in those metro areas, but $1k for a 2 hour flight? Yeah, good luck.
The global levels of hidden power, reside or go in and out of BDA.
BA operates a 4 class 777 to BDA from London for a reason, and on the other days, people have to go via CLT and JFK (preferred).
Think of Bermuda as an extension of the City of London in paradise. A gateway to other things. With what's coming, the timing is right....lol.
With what's coming, the timing is right....LOL!
You may have hit the nail on the head there. I just came back from Bermuda yesterday and learned that both Bloomberg (net worth of $96 bil) and the Motts family own homes there, The line of thinking for its conception is likely way above our pay grade lol
This situation may have been created by the major three airlines themselves. Delta and AA have reduced their scheduled service to the island and capacity. AA has temporarily removed service to MIA until November. They are now flying PHL, JFK and CLT with A319 with 8 first class seats. The upgrade list is regularly 25-30 people, with 1st class sold out at least a month in advance. Delta has cut out BOS temporarily, where quite a few of the local population go for health care. Often paid for by their insurance companies. Also given the huge insurance and reinsurance market this can produce the perfect storm for this startup airline to survive. It may also thrive given the volume of private jet flights with corporate executives utilizing NetJets etc. Probably at least 12-15 flights per day. Calculating the cost to fly a private jet to BDA with the landing fees, possibly flying the return empty, or overnight stay for the crew, BermudaAir looks like a pretty good alternative. I have heard of a private jet costing roughly 15K one way from the USA give or take. The 30 seat configuration sounds like a good alternative for the corporate world and high wealth individuals to transition to their summer homes here for 2K round trip. Price a 1st class ticket round trip from ATL to BDA, JFK to BDA, Or CLT to BDA two weeks in advance. If you find availability it will probably be close to what BermudaAir is charging and not as convenient. IMHO
FYI, there is a St. Regis here Ben. Perfect time to evaluate a new startup and check out the fairly new St. Regis!!! DM me if you are coming! 😉
The seats don’t appear to recline & there are no leg rests
Is it just a slightly wider economy seat with more space/privacy around it?
If you were a qualified pilot looking for a job, knowing that almost every airline in the world is hiring pilots, why would you accept a position with this airline?
I've traveled a lot globally. While this Airline is not flying out of the normal hubs (Orlando) I will travel from Fort (FLL) smaller airports, less congestion, and no terrible passengers. My last trip to BDA via AA was 1st/Business class combo. It cost more. I was not impressed. Will fly home to Bermuda to visit via BermudaAir