The reports are in, and it appears that Texas will be one of the best places to witness the Great North American Solar Eclipse this April. There is, however, a special alternative, and experience that will truly last a lifetime. Delta Air Lines have added a special path-of-totality flight from Dallas to Detroit to witness the solar eclipse from the skies.
In honor of the eclipse, Delta has offered a number of path-of-totality flights, including a flight from Austin to Detroit – which sold out within 24 hours.
Tickets to path-of-totality flight to Detroit are still on sale at the time of this article. Priced at $979 for Main Cabin, $809 for Comfort+, and $1,150 for First Class seats, flight DL1010 departs from Dallas-Fort Worth at 12:30 pm CT on April 8. The flight will reach Detroit at 4:20 pm ET.
The Dallas to Detroit flight will be operated by the Airbus A3121neo plane, which is larger than than A220-300 plane coming from Austin.
On DL 1010 flight, there are 132 available Main Cabin seats, 42 Delta Comfort + seats, 20 domestic First Class seats available.
The total eclipse this April is being hailed as the Great North American Total Eclipse. This is for several reasons.
First and foremost, this eclipse on April 8th is expected to achieve an impressive maximum duration of 4 minutes and 28.2 seconds in specific regions. When comparing it to the average maximum totality duration of 3 minutes and 13 seconds for 75 sampled solar eclipses over the past century, any total solar eclipse surpassing 4 minutes is considered an exceptional celestial event.
Moreover, the scale of the eclipse’s influence is significant. The prior “Great North American Eclipse” in 2017 crossed the nation from one coast to the other, enchanting millions along a path of totality that stretched 70 miles wide. In contrast, the eclipse on April 8th boasts a wider path of totality, spanning over 125 miles, rendering it visible to hundreds of millions.
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