The state-owned airline, the oldest in the Middle East, now struggles to meet its modest flight schedule by leasing old planes.
During galvanostatic cycling, in-situ stress measurements show that full lithiation corresponds to the development of only modest in-plane compressive stresses of ∼ −250 MPa.
Even a modest used propeller plane can cost the equivalent of an average home.
Think of it as a more modest version of a planes, trains and automobiles race from New York to Washington.
Saudi Arabian Airlines, serving by far the largest population and land area, operates a fleet of 119 planes and has an unusually modest order pipeline of just 42 planes, of which only eight are widebodied A330s.
"Governments want to renew their air fleets, and Russia offers these planes for a much more modest price than the Americans offer their planes," he said.
By contrast, JAL has retired its jumbo jets and now runs a modest fleet centered on midsize planes, which might improve profitability in the short term but leaves it less able to capitalize on surging air travel, especially in Asia.
Dr. Bertrand Piccard took the stage here at Le Web 2010 to talk about his ongoing efforts to build fuel-less planes with a modest statement, "If you don't read the NY Times you have never heard of Solar Impulse".
His friend Warren Buffett, a man notorious for his modest living habits, named his company plane "The Indefensible," reflecting his guilt.
The joint strike fighter program, intended to produce more than 3,000 planes at the relatively modest price of $38 million each, may turn out to be a happy exception.
