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World's shortest commercial flight (47 seconds) flies its one millionth passenger (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizP-00lVLM The world’s shortest flight, a tiny hop between two remote British islands, celebrated Monday taking its millionth passenger on the route. The 2.7km (1.7-mile) flight between Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney islands, off mainland Scotland’s northeast coast, holds the Guinness World Record as the shortest scheduled service.The flight, in an eight-seater Britten Norman Islander aircraft, officially takes two minutes but with favourable winds it can… (www.theguardian.com) Plus d'info...I'm guessing the inflight movie is rather short! Neat video.
Probably no beverage service, either.
I suppose the pilots log about 25 hours per year with 730 landings.
I doubt Emirates will be entering this market 8-)