Some years ago I published a paper on the 'Commercial Applications of Airships' which I presented to the RAeS. I haven't really been following the concept for sometime now as there have been so many projects which have failed to come to fruition. I was therefore very pleased to see this:
New generation of airships to transport goods around the world - Telegraph
I would appreciate the opinions of the revered members of this forum on the possible future of said air transport.
As a consultant in aviation and eco-tourism one application I was researching was the use of airships for low impact tourism in Africa. The idea is not original, large 'air cruise ships' have been looked into by many companies. It does however now seem that my original concept may now be viable given new technology.