Trains and buses are more flexible because passengers can board en route. Newer and faster express trains are on the way, a modernized European air traffic control system is on the drawing board and airlines are launching larger aircraft to accommodate more passengers and freight. Moreover, a zeppelin's flight plan is wholly dependent on weather conditions because airships can't fly above the weather like air planes. This means that arrival time at destination x will differ from day to day. With this in mind, exporting vulnerable goods such as flowers, fruit or vegetables by zeppelin doesn't seem feasible.
Time is money as they say.
Transporting large numbers of people to their holiday resorts will take longer. Personnel on board a zeppelin will therefore have to work longer hours. And given the comparably low flight altitude, an otherwise pleasant voyage in a zeppelin could be marred by turbulence. However, despite all the skepticism , Rigid Air Design is pretty confident that zeppelins do have a future, if only in the specialized air transport. For instance, they could be used for cross-Atlantic air cruises, or for short channel routes between Amsterdam and London.