Someone had mentioned speeding up the airship for Jeuno.

That kind of messes with some of the quests and discerning individual.... however I was thinking something along the lines of Final Fantasy 12.

In FFXII when you use the airship, you have the option of taking a private cabin or a luxury cruiser. In the private cabin, you simply go to your destination instantly (sans load time). Luxury Cruiser you can ride it and shop, do a quest, etc. I would imagine they could implement something like this into FFXI.

When you purchase the ticket, it could give you a similar option. Choose the one option and it's the old airship. Choose the new option and after you walk through the door, the game loads and you end up in port Jeuno/Nation where the airship normally docks you.

I think that's an option if you wanted to update the airship.