8 minutes for the world's shortest international flight

Speaking of "flying abroad", people think of a flight that takes tens of hours. But maybe next time, you will have to ask where exactly where to fly because of hearing this story, you will not see that "flying abroad" is too far away.

A small Austrian airline has an extremely short international flight, which is People's Viennaline with a route connecting St. Petersburg Airport. Gallen-Altenrhein in Switzerland with the city of Friedrichshafenin in Germany.

The aircraft of People's Viennaline.

This is officially the shortest international civil flight in the world , with a distance of only 21km and a flight time of only 8 minutes. Perhaps the flight check-in time is longer than the flight time.

Although the flight distance is only 21km, it may sound unreasonable, but it is not really. Crossing Lake Constance is the fastest way to reach Friedrichshafen. If traveling by road, an ordinary person will have to drive through Austria for an hour or take two hours on public transport.

Location of 2 flying locations on the map.

The CEO of People's Viennaline, Mr. Danel Steffen said that they only expected about 4,000 passengers a year to use this short flight but besides that, he said it would be to provide an extremely useful option for tourists. schedules as well as those who have to cross the lake to get to work.

Mr. Steffen wishes that short flights like this will appear more in the world, as flight services are no longer so difficult to access as many years ago.