>>1476627For a time, Zeppelins and airships were the answer to transatlantic air travel. Heavier-than-air craft weren't quite equipped for long-distance travel yet, and planes that were still couldn't fly nonstop. Like ocean liners, airships could cross the ocean nonstop, in some cases faster than a ship could.
Problem is: weight limits put restrictions on payload and amenities, so you could only carry so many people at a time - in close-quarters accommodations comparable to third or cabin class on any given steamship. Travel by airship was expensive, too: about $7000 American by modern estimates. And of course,
>>1476638Planes eventually got better, faster, and cheaper, effectively killing the ocean liner and dashing any further prospects of the airship. Would have been interesting to see how airship travel might have developed, if given the chance.
