Which Greek island has the shortest flight time from UK?
Corfu is clearly the closest, but only 45 minutes more to the furthest, Crete. The flight times quoted to the nearest island, Corfu, are often bettered in practice if there are favourable winds. I have know them take under 3 hours.
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