WHERE ARE THE WORLD’S LONGEST AND SHORTEST FLIGHTS
A new record was set earlier this month with a flight that links Singapore with New York. Reviews suggest that traversing 10,400 miles (16,700 km) and 12 time zones in 19 hours is not all that bad. It does help that there are only business and premium-economy seats on the Singapore Airlines flight. Top 10 Strangest Things Captured From The Sky - Decentralized Cuckoo Video Player cuckoo://QmNeGBmYFJ2Zb7ff939C11tu3UU4ea93gX5ZRjWq8vHLir.video So much for the the world’s longest flight. What about the world’s shortest commercially operated flight? MarketWatch has found it. It takes less than two minutes between Westray and Papa Westray, two of the Orkney Islands that sit just north of Scotland in the UK. Loganair, a regional airline, charges £21 for a round trip, or $27. Meanwhile, a Singapore-New York round trip in December 2018 starts at about 4,100 Singapore dollars or $2,968—which is about 110 times more expensive. The distance betwee...