>>992100With modern engineering, automation (thus no 30+ crew) lightweight materials an airship the size of the Hindenburg could carry about 150 passengers.
The USS Akron (helium!) one time went up with more then 200 passengers.
The reason a 747 can carry so much more passengers is because everyone is cramped into a tiny space while on an Airship everyone had their own bed, and a room they shared with 1, 2 or 3 other persons depending on their class, a bar, a lounge, a smoking room (believe it or not), a kitchen, and a dining area. if you would cramp everybody on an airship the same as on a 737 you could carry about the same amount of people, but it'd be horrendous because it's so slow.
While it's true that airships are much larger they don't actually use much more materials, Empty weight is very similar if not less then a 737
