The headline is poorly written

Should have called in Dirtlander if they wanted to use it in this way!

It's huge and all, but does it carry cargo, passengers, weapons — what?

There are plenty of other aircraft that do those things and are much smaller and certainly more aesthetically pleasing.

It seems it's huge just to be huge.

Other sorts of aircraft can do that too, for example solar powered aircraft.

Simply stated, Airlander can lift more stuff.

after the oil is all gone and those big fuel sucking airplanes are giant paperweights sitting on the ground.

it could be rather useful