今天出國(guó)留學(xué)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)欄目的小編給大家?guī)?lái)“雙語(yǔ)閱讀：世界上最短的客運(yùn)航班”，以下是詳細(xì)內(nèi)容，希望對(duì)大家有所幫助!
厭倦了恐怖的長(zhǎng)途飛行?也許你應(yīng)該試試世界上最短的客運(yùn)航班，全程不到兩分鐘。
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.
據(jù)航班的運(yùn)營(yíng)者蘇格蘭區(qū)一家區(qū)域性的航空公司洛根航空介紹，該航班連接的是英國(guó)兩個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)的小島，距離只有2.7公里，耗時(shí)僅需兩分鐘;事實(shí)上，在“理想的風(fēng)力條件下”，只要47秒鐘就能飛到。
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，這個(gè)連接韋斯特雷和帕帕韋斯特雷的航班迎來(lái)了他們的第100萬(wàn)名乘客。
On Monday, the flight between Westray and Papa Westray welcomed its millionth passenger on board.
蘇格蘭皇家銀行的員工Anne Rendall從機(jī)長(zhǎng)手中接過(guò)了一束鮮花。她表示成為該航班的第100萬(wàn)名乘客真是太贊了。
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."
這條航線(xiàn)是1967年開(kāi)通的，目的是連接蘇格蘭東北部奧克尼郡各小島。它保持了吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄中世界上最短定期航班的紀(jì)錄。
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.
這個(gè)航班的往返票售價(jià)21英鎊，約合33.6美元。
A return ticket for the trip is worth 21 pounds (33.6 U.S. dollars).
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