Aeronautiqa, Inc. to provide first luxury aerial cruises in nearly 70 years

Aeronautiqa, Inc. is commencing the design, construction, and operation of the first rigid airship cruise line, Aeronautiqa Aerial Cruises. Aeronautiqa Aerial Cruises will begin services in 2004, offering a variety of cruises to exotic destinations worldwide.

The Aeronautiqa Cruise Airship is the largest airship of any type built to date, measuring 250 meters (820 feet) in length. Each cruise airship has luxury stateroom accommodations for 100 passengers, as well as fine dining and entertainment salons, occupying over 2,500 square meters (26,000 square feet) of interior space. Traveling mere hundreds of feet over land and sea, the Aeronautiqa Cruise Airship travels at a top speed of 125 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour), and is capable of flying around the world nonstop without refueling. Passengers will experience unparalleled panoramic views, fine dining, and entertainment, as they travel swiftly, smoothly, and quietly through the air.

Rigid airships were the first commercially significant form of travel by air, carrying over 34,000 paying passengers and flying 170,000 kilometers (107,000 miles) without injury before World War I-- eclipsing anything achieved by the airplanes at that time. By 1930, regularly scheduled transatlantic services between Europe and North and South America were offered by the Graf Zeppelin, which had previously flown around the world in 1929. By 1937, over 52,000 paying passengers had been carried by airships flying 2.2 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) without incident, despite the use of highly flammable hydrogen as a lifting gas.

This is the first time that the public will be able to experience the awe and luxury of long distance airship travel since the Hindenburg caught fire in 1937. In reviving the rigid airship, Aeronautiqa has taken advantage of logical advances in materials science and systems technology attained since that time to provide the ultimate cruising experience. Of course Aeronautiqa will also use nonflammable helium to buoy its ships and employ the latest advances in flight controls and navigation systems.

Further details about the company and the advance booking of cruises, including bookings for the inaugural cruise, the first commercial rigid airship flight in almost 70 years, will follow shortly.

About Aeronautiqa, Inc., and Aeronautiqa Aerial Cruises--

Aeronautiqa, Inc. is a privately held company specializing in the design, construction, and operation of commercial passenger rigid airships for luxury aerial cruises and travel.

Advance bookings will be announced soon at www.aeronautiqa.com.



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