Buckle Up for This 8-Minute Plane Ride

The world's longest nonstop commercial flight is nearly 15 hours; the shortest, about eight minutes. CNN reports on the latter out of Europe, where the puddle jumper (water droplet jumper?) between Switzerland's St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport and Germany's Friedrichshafen Airport is a commuter fantasy come to life as of Wednesday. The 13-mile trip over Lake Constance, serviced by the People's Viennaline airlines, takes less time than it does to pound a Starbucks iced latte as the first part of a longer route to Cologne, Germany. A one-way ticket costs about $45, per Traveller. "This stopover will benefit both tourists and commuters working on both sides of the lake and, of course, it is also likely to become a must in every aviation enthusiast's logbook," the airline's CEO says. (CNN lists other remarkably short flights around the world.)