If you're still wondering when those friendly vendors by the boat and zeppelin docks will be coming back, word has it that the Goblin and Gnome engineers will be done with all the repairs by patch 2.3.2. Players looking to fly the friendly skies once again can expect the return of the lost NPCs by then.

Even now, a lot of players are still wondering where the NPCs selling the very convenient food and drink items by the boat and zeppelin docks have gone. Kelvarn a member of the World of Warcraft forums posted another query where the NPCs have gone and wondered if this was an intentional removal or a possible bug.

Blizzard Poster Nethaera however settled the issue by saying this:

There were some propulsion issues with the boats and zeppelins that the Gnomish and Goblin engineers had to address. The vendors and ship crews will be returning with patch 2.3.2.