A tour to view the solar eclipse from a plane costs up to 1,200 USD

Brussels Airlines will take 100 passengers to France to observe the partial solar eclipse. The flight was conducted in cooperation with the Urania Public Observatory (Switzerland) with a ticket price of 350 USD (more than 9 million VND) per person.

Aisle seats are left empty to create more space for passengers to observe through the windows. The experience lasts 4 hours, of which the plane is in the sky for about 2 hours. Observing this phenomenon from the air, above the clouds, helps eliminate some of the factors that hinder visibility that are common if observed from the ground.

Urania Observatory also cooperates with ASL Group (European private aviation company) to organize a flight from Liège (Belgium) on an Embraer E135 aircraft, costing about 920 USD, with some seats sold. Air Charter Service (UK) charges 1,200 USD per person for a trip from London to one of three locations to observe the total solar eclipse: Valladolid or the Balearic Islands (Spain) and Reykjavik (Iceland).

The route is built along the path of the total solar eclipse area, food and wine are served, and guests are allowed to bring approved telescopes.

Spain’s national airline Iberia does not sell tickets to the public but takes scientists on a charter flight from Madrid to observe the total solar eclipse in the north of the country and will broadcast live via Starlink Wi-Fi on Airbus aircraft.

Not going on a tour, many passengers scheduled to fly on the fourth day passing through the eclipse zone could accidentally observe this natural phenomenon.

Today’s total solar eclipse is visible from the Arctic region, Iceland, Greenland, northern Spain and small areas in Siberia and Portugal. Start times will vary by location. The full phase is expected to last a maximum of approximately 2 minutes and 18 seconds. In North America, the partial eclipse will be visible from Canada, Alaska and the northern United States.