(Photo by The Boston Globe September 24, 1927) In April of 1927, Colonial Air Transport (a predecessor of American Airlines) began passenger service between Boston and New York. Bus transport from the recently opened Hotel Statler Boston (now Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers), brought passengers directly to their plane at the East Boston Airport (now Logan International Airport). The original New York landing was at Hadley Field, N.J. until the Newark Airport opened in Octobe