今天留学群英语栏目的小编给大家带来“双语阅读：世界上最短的客运航班”，以下是详细内容，希望对大家有所帮助!
厌倦了恐怖的长途飞行?也许你应该试试世界上最短的客运航班，全程不到两分钟。
Tired of miserable long-haul flights? Probably it's time for you to try the world's shortest passenger flight whose time span can be less than one minute.
据航班的运营者苏格兰区一家区域性的航空公司洛根航空介绍，该航班连接的是英国两个偏远的小岛，距离只有2.7公里，耗时仅需两分钟;事实上，在“理想的风力条件下”，只要47秒钟就能飞到。
As a tiny hop between two remote British islands, the 2.7-km flight officially takes two minutes and can be done in 47 seconds "under ideal wind conditions," according to its operator Scottish regional airline Loganair.
周一，这个连接韦斯特雷和帕帕韦斯特雷的航班迎来了他们的第100万名乘客。
On Monday, the flight between Westray and Papa Westray welcomed its millionth passenger on board.
苏格兰皇家银行的员工Anne Rendall从机长手中接过了一束鲜花。她表示成为该航班的第100万名乘客真是太赞了。
Anne Rendall, a mobile banker of the Royal Bank of Scotland, was gifted a bunch of flowers by the route captain. She said it was fantastic to become the flight's "Millionaire."
这条航线是1967年开通的，目的是连接苏格兰东北部奥克尼郡各小岛。它保持了吉尼斯世界纪录中世界上最短定期航班的纪录。
The route has been in operation since 1967 as part of the air service among the small isles in Orkney in northeastern Scotland. It holds the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest scheduled service.
这个航班的往返票售价21英镑，约合33.6美元。
A return ticket for the trip is worth 21 pounds (33.6 U.S. dollars).
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