Are there any places in the world where you can actually "travel" with an airship / zeppelin etc? (Not just a tour or joyride)
There has been a small resurgence in the last couple of decades of airships / zeppelins typically using Helium instead of the Hydrogen used in the olden days.
So I'm sure there must be plenty of places where you can do a joyflight or sightseeing loop and come back where you started.
But are there any places in the world where an airship / zeppelin is used for actual travel where you get on at one point and disembark at another?
(Extra points if the trip crosses international borders, large bodies of water, or both!)
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As @mindcorrosive has found, there are a few companies doing tourist jaunts. Indeed recently there were two operating in Switzerland (until 2006) and one over London in 2008!
However, the closest I can find to being actually fly from A to B is if you CHARTER one, but it's not cheap - for a two hour charter it'll cost you about US$10,000....
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But are there any places in the world where an airship / zeppelin is used for actual travel where you get on at one point and disembark at another?
If by 'actual travel', you mean to imply regular, economical travel, the answer is, sadly, no.
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