Hybrid, eco-friendly zeppelins being eyed by company as major player in future of air travel: report By . Shane Galvin. Published May 15, 2025, 8:48 p.m. ET. Ballooning hopes.

A century ago, zeppelin passengers soared across the Atlantic Ocean in luxurious gondolas hanging from humongous hydrogen-filled balloons — the biggest aircraft humanity has ever built. Then, in ...

Then, in 1937, the Hindenburg crashed and burned, and the future of the airship industry went up in smoke. Now, a handful of start-ups want to revive the airship as an alternative for some cargo ...