Livery Details
A different livery trialled by FlyBe before they settled on the purple livery we have in-game as a special, for one of their Dash 8 Q400’s
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At MAN,
Thought I’d include the accident photo, no injuries so shouldn’t be an issue (You can see the patch they had to add to the fuselage in the above photo)..
Why should this livery be added?
After an accident at AMS where the right main landing gear collapsed (What a shocker for the Q400’s) in February 2017, the aircraft was ferried to Malta via Rome for repairs in July 2018, having sat at AMS for over a year. The aircraft was repaired and then repainted into this livery, whilst FlyBe was undergoing a brand change, moving from the iconic white and blue livery they had donned for nearly 15 years, to one with more purple.
This light purple livery was sadly unsuccessful, I like the colours though it really could have done with something up front as it looks a little bare, but it continued flying in these colours until the airline’s demise in 2020, with the relaunched livery having more in common with this than the successful rebranded livery which is featured as a special in-game (Something that needs rectifying).
It should be added, either as an alternative livery alongside the other liveries FlyBe needs in-game, or as a special to replace the purple special we already have which should be made a mainline livery. I personally think it should be an alternative, giving players a choice of 4 different Q400 liveries they can operate, with the purple special being replaced with the green irl special the airline operated.
Thought I’d link another unsuccessful rebrand, that being EZY’s, here.