You missed LockMart's airship announcement at Paris.
Lockheed Martin Launches Worldwide Hybrid Airship Sales With Hybrid Enterprises · Lockheed Martin
My reference to the Hindenburg was not intended to suggest that the LTA can do everyday air travel, just to suggest that an 80kt machine is not useless in the face of wind.
Ultimately it is cost per hour that will or will not sell LTA for surveillance. For transportation, civil or military, the selling point will be "faster than ship, cheaper than air" along with point-to-point and no transshipment. And speaking of major companies, NorthGrum has talked quietly about large civil cargo LTA in the past couple of years.
Think about picking up 100 tons of the season's latest electronic pet rock from the factory in Guangdong and dropping them off at Walmart's distribution center in Indiana...