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- The shortest commercial flight in the world is a 1.7-mile route between two Scottish islands.
- The flight between Westray and Papa Westray near the mainland of Orkney lasts just 57 seconds.
- It is used by local islanders and “even the local banker.”
The shortest commercial flight in the world is in the air for just 57 seconds — and it costs £36 ($ 51) return.
The route from airline Loganair, the only major UK airline owned and headquartered in Scotland, covers 1.7 miles between the two islands of Westray and Papa Westray, near the mainland of Orkney, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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