I took the world's shortest flight. It was underwhelming.

Summary by Krater

Tom Scott takes the world's shortest commercial flight between Papa Westray and Westray in the Orkney Islands, exploring how the route operates as a milk run subsidised by the UK public service obligation scheme.

From the video

Answers: What is it like to fly on the world's shortest commercial flight?

• Orkney Islands aviation
• World's shortest commercial flight
• Loganair milk run
• Public service obligation flight subsidies
• Papa Westray Airport

What it concludes

• Air service to small islands like Westray and Papa Westray is impossible on a free market basis without subsidies.
• Loganair subsidises routes through the UK's public service obligation scheme to maintain essential connectivity for sparsely populated outer islands.