Passenger shocked at super-short flight departing from Bristol Airport

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A passenger at Bristol Airport shared his shock at a listed short-haul flight departing the south west aviation hub for Exeter Airport within the neighbouring county.

Sheemek Said Mesabih posted an image of the departures board to the Facebook group Dull Men’s Club with the caption: “I am at Bristol airport waiting for my delayed as always flight to Amsterdam, however looking at the departure screen I came across this flight to Exeter.

“This must me certainly the shortest inland flight within UK? Prove me wrong. Bristol – Exeter its about 56 miles apart in straight line. How long does the flight take?”

The Aurigny flight has an air time of 35 minutes – on a traffic-free day, it will take round 1 hour and 10 minutes to drive the identical distance.

Currently, Scottish airline Loganair operates the shortest scheduled flight route on this planet with a 1.7-mile journey from Westray to Papa Westray within the Orkney Islands, clocking in at simply 90 seconds.

Listed with vacation hotspots together with Tenerife, Paris and Rome, the short-haul flight path left social media customers “baffled”, with over 1,000 feedback on the publish since Friday (2 February).

One shocked consumer wrote: “It is a classic example of stupidity in flight scheduling. By the time you’ve traveled out of Bristol to the airport then waited to fly, flown to Exeter, then found your way out of the airport and driven to the city ….. you could halvep got the train direct into Exeter, had a meal, done your meeting and start your journey home.”

“Bristol to Exeter just shows how pathetic short-haul flights have got. This is completely unacceptable when you consider the rail and road network between the two,” mentioned one other.

Others accustomed to the realm countered: “With the state of the roads down that way, 56 miles will take you 8 months to drive. A short 30 mins flight is well worth it.”

The half-hour West Country flight truly capabilities because the second leg of a two-hour oblique flight between Guernsey and Exeter that often stops in Bristol on the way in which to and from the Channel Islands.

The Independent has contacted Aurigny Air Service for additional remark.