Airship Paris 's zeppelin -- 75 meters long , five stories high and as wide as a four-lane motorway -- made its inaugural commercial flight over a region of villages and woodland northwest of Paris on Sunday . Airship takes to skies around Paris for first time in 30 years . The airship was built by the French company Aerolineas Argentinas and is expected to be used on a number of flights over France this summer. Tickets a little more expensive than most Paris tours ... make that a lot . Non-flammable gas makes craft `` safest way to fly ''
Airship takes to skies around Paris for first time in 30 years . The airship was built by the French company Aerolineas Argentinas and is expected to be used on a number of flights over France this summer. Tickets a little more expensive than most Paris tours ... make that a lot . Non-flammable gas makes craft `` safest way to fly ''