Published on
20/08/2026 - 11:37 GMT+2
Did you miss out on travelling to places like Greenland, Iceland or Spain to witness the spectacular solar eclipse this year? Well, if you don’t want to miss next year’s event either, you may want to start scanning for flight tickets – ASAP.
Dubbed the "eclipse effect" by easyJet, the budget airline has already recorded a 70% boost in bookings among British travellers to destinations along the path of totality.
In what astronomers are saying will be the “eclipse of the century,” next year’s event will be the longest on easily accessible land until 2114, with totality lasting six minutes and 23 seconds at the point of the greatest eclipse in Egypt. In comparison, the 2026 eclipse lasted for two minutes and 18 seconds at its maximum point.
