Editing Zeppelin (section)

==Modern era==
[[File:Friedrichshafen-0500.jpg|thumb|Zeppelin NT]]
Since the 1990s [[Luftschiffbau Zeppelin]], a daughter enterprise of the Zeppelin conglomerate that built the original German Zeppelins, has been developing Zeppelin "New Technology" (NT) airships. These vessels are semi-rigids based partly on internal pressure, partly on a frame.

The [[Airship Ventures]] company operated zeppelin passenger travel to California from October 2008 to November 2012<ref>[http://www.airshipventures.com "AIRSHIP VENTURES HAS CEASED FLIGHT OPERATIONS"] ''Airship Ventures,'' Sunday, 13 January 2013. Retrieved: 28 April 2013.</ref> with one of these [[Zeppelin NT]] airships.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/the-zeppelin-returns-to-skies-of-los-angeles-for-first-time-in-nearly-80-years.html "The Zeppelin returns to L.A. skies, after 80 years."] ''LA Times,'' 24 November 2009. Retrieved: 21 January 2010.</ref>

In May 2011, [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] announced that they would replace their fleet of [[blimp]]s with Zeppelin NTs,<ref>[http://www.airships.net/blog/goodyear-zeppelin-70-years "Goodyear and Zeppelin: Together again after 70 Years."] ''airships.net,'' 3 May 2011. Retrieved: 26 February 2012.</ref><ref>Page, Lewis. [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/04/goodyear_zeppelins_return_at_last/ "Goodyear blimps to be replaced by German Zeppelins: Revival of 1930s flying Cloudbase partnership."] ''The Register,'' 4 May 2011. Retrieved: 26 February 2012.</ref> resurrecting their partnership that ended over 70 years ago. Goodyear placed an order for three Zeppelin NTs, which then entered service between 2014 and 2018.

Modern zeppelins are held aloft by the inert gas helium, eliminating the danger of combustion illustrated by the ''Hindenburg''. It has been proposed that modern zeppelins could be powered by hydrogen [[fuel cell]]s.<ref>N.A. Hydrogen key to revival of modern-day zeppelins, Winnipeg conference hears. Canadian Press, The [serial online]. n.d.:Available from: Newspaper Source Plus, Ipswich, MA. Accessed 10 December 2015.</ref> Zeppelin NTs are often used for sightseeing trips; for example, D-LZZF (c/n 03) was used for [[Edelweiss Air|Edelweiss's]] birthday celebration performing flights over Switzerland in an Edelweiss livery, and it is now used, weather permitting, on flights over [[Munich]].