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I'd love to see airships (and flying boats) come back. Would open up new routes and different destinations.
by nickdothutton 2y ago
I'd love to see airships (and flying boats) come back. Would open up new routes and different destinations.
- SoftTalker 2y agoThey're just too slow for most people. Like trains. There's a certain charm to spending three days to get to LA on a train, eating in the dining car and watching the scenery go by, but for most people they'd rather get on an airliner and be there in 4 hours.
- fragmede 2y agoLike cruise ships? An airplane can also get you places way faster, but cruise ships are a some $50 billion industry, with some 30 million passengers each year. How much of that industry would an airship need to slice off to be profitable?
- SoftTalker 2y agoCruise ships are about the cruise though. They're not really to get anywhere. I think most of them start and end at the same port?
- spaceman_2020 2y agoSo an airship that runs over a picturesque coastline route would do the trick. Don’t have to fly over the Atlantic. Just fly around the caribbean islands
- NikkiA 2y agoWhile they were both still in service, there was a famous long-serving cruise package of QE2 from Southampton to NYC, then Concorde back (and another package of the opposite directions) But yes, mostly these days cruises are a circular trip. Some info: https://www.heritageconcorde.com/concorde--the-qe2 https://www.heritageconcorde.com/concorde--the-qe2
- ghaff 2y agoQueen Mary 2 today. Yes. It's nice. There's a lot of entertainment. Good food. But you need to be in a circumstance where you don't really care about the time (or the money although it's in the ballpark of business class air for two people).