Inside June 2004, a Zeppelin NT is available for the first time towards the Japanese firm, Nippon Airship business, for the tourism and advertising primarily at least Tokyo. It had been also given a role within 2005 Expo in Aichi. Ones aircraft started a flight at Friedrichshafen to Japan, stopping in Geneva, Paris, Rotterdam, Munich, Berlin, Stockholm as well as other European urban centers to hold passengers on may brief hip and legs associated with trip. But Russian authorities rejected overflight permission therefore the airship needed to be dismantled and also delivered to Japan rather than following the historic Graf Zeppelin journey off Germany to Japan.