Shortest Airline Routes in the World

Shazima Syed April 17, 2024

Are you one of them, who have always been apprehensive over those long haul flights and thinking what will you do the whole time? What if we give you several options to board a flight that would land even before you have decided to put your earplugs in? Don’t believe us, read below to explore 5 of the world’s shortest flights that will offer you the best of experience in the shortest period of time. 

Read More: https://www.easemytrip.com/blog/tips-to-survive-long-air-journey

LoganAir

Duration of Flight: 2 Minutes

Route: Flies between Westray and Papa Westray, both of which belong to the Orkney Islands located to the north of Scotland.

Regularity: Six times a week

Loganair is a famous Scottish airline that flies regionally, serving 40 routes across the UK, Norway, and Republic of Ireland and between the Orkney Islands.  This airline services run as air taxis not specially for the people of the islands but also for the Scottish Air Ambulance Service and Royal Mail. The time taken by the flight to reach destination is only two minutes making it one of the shortest airline route in the world. To board the flight, passengers have to check in at least 20 minutes before the departure.

LIAT's Airline

Duration of Flight: 5 Minutes

Route: St. Kitts to Nevis

Known for the second-shortest flight in the world, LIAT's airlines service between St. Kitts and Nevis takes only 5 minutes to travel from one place to another. The travel likes this make the existence of a flight almost negligible. This 17.4 mile take –off and touch-down in the blink of an eye.

FlyGTA Airlines

Flight Duration: 12 minutes

Route: Toronto to Niagara Falls

FlyGTA Airlines is a Canadian air operator serving southern Ontario.  The airline offers one of the shortest flight routes of 12 minutes only from Toronto and to Niagara Falls. The flight is operated twice a day and helps you avoiding a 90-minute drive by road.

Daily Air

Flight Duration: 15 minutes

Route: Run between Taitung and Green Island, a small island off the eastern coast of Taiwan

Regularity: Three times a day on a daily basis

Established in 1992, the Taipei-based airline is headquartered in Songshan District, Taipei and run their services from there. The service is majorly focused on flying between the islands and on demand activities.  The airline also serves as special charter flights.

Ethiopian Airlines

Route: Kinshasa, DRC to Brazzaville, Congo

Duration: 17 minutes

The two cities of Kinhasa and Brazzaville is only about 80 miles apart and take up to three hours to travel but with the Ethiopian Airlines, the flight lasts just 17 minutes. As one of the shortest flights in the world, the journey is taken up by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner- a cool jet indeed.

 Zan Air

Fight Duration: 20 minutes

Route: Between Zanzibar and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania

 Regularity: 3 times a day on daily basis.

Founded in 1992, ZanAir is a domestic carrier based in Zanzibar. The airline consists of a small fleet of just seven aircraft which along with operating to the other provinces of Tanzania also provides charter flights services too.

Gulf Air

Flight duration: 35 minutes

Route: Bahrain to Dammam

Regularity: Between two times a day on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, three times a day on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays, and four times a day on Thursdays.

Since Bahrain is an island country and Dammam is in Saudi Arabia, this flight is the shortest international flight, crossing the borders of the two countries. The airline operates in around 41 destinations in 23 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe.

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