They could not compete with planes on price. If it takes a week for maybe 50 passengers to travel between continents, the passenger tickets would have to cover all operating expenses for the airship during that time.
A jet plane could do 10x as many trips and carry around 300 passengers each time
I think I read that a zeppelin ticket cost as much as the yearly salary for a teacher back in the day.
What do you mean? Trains did not travel between Europe and America. They have lower operating costs, more capacity and a lot more domestic passengers? They are also not limited by cargo weight.
They could not compete with planes on price. If it takes a week for maybe 50 passengers to travel between continents, the passenger tickets would have to cover all operating expenses for the airship during that time.
A jet plane could do 10x as many trips and carry around 300 passengers each time
I think I read that a zeppelin ticket cost as much as the yearly salary for a teacher back in the day.
Airplanes are also hell and gone safer. Earth is too dense and her sky too thin to fool around with aerostatics
So… why don’t trains suffer from the same fall back then?
What do you mean? Trains did not travel between Europe and America. They have lower operating costs, more capacity and a lot more domestic passengers? They are also not limited by cargo weight.