[Other] - Variable Airline Liveries

Feature requests Gameplay
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:placard: Variable Airline Liveries per Aircraft Type:
-Variable Airline Liveries per Aircraft Type and Eventliverys

:bullseye: What is your suggestion?
Allow aircraft of the same airline and model to appear in different official liveries, adding visual variety and realism. When a player signs a contract with an airline and selects a destination and aircraft type, each arrival could have a chance of displaying one of several authentic liveries used by that airline.

Examples include:

  • Lufthansa: New blue-tail livery, old yellow-crane livery
  • Aegean Airlines: New and Old livery
  • Condor
  • Frontier Airlines
  • Jet Blue
  • Iceland Air
  • Air New Zealand: Black and White Livery
  • Nok Air
  • SkyTeam, OneWorld, Star Alliance variations

Additionally, special “event liveries” could be unlocked in the WOApedia. Once unlocked, they could be purchased with Silver Planes and included in the same random rotation—occasionally appearing when the contracted aircraft lands, making them rare and exciting.

:hammer_and_wrench: How would it work in the game?

  • When signing a contract with an airline, the system would include a pool of livery variants tied to that aircraft model and airline.
  • On arrival, the aircraft would randomly use one of the available liveries based on defined probabilities (e.g. 70% standard, 25% alternate, 5% special).
  • Event liveries would be unlocked by daily events and purchasable with Silver Planes.

For example:
Step 1: sign a contract from DXB to IAD with Emirates on an A388.
Step 2: Normally a 100% chance of getting the normal livery.
Step 3: Unlock the “NBA” livery from WOApedia with SP for this route.
Step 4: 95% chance of getting the normal livery, 5% chance of getting the NBA livery.

Step 1: Book a flight from MUC to LHR with Lufthansa in an A320.
Step 2: Normally: 60% new livery, 40% old livery
Step 3: Unlock the Star Alliance livery via WOApedia
Step 4: New livery: 57.5%, old livery: 37.5%. Star Alliance: 5%

Condor: 25% chance per color for the A320 family, 20% on the A330neo

:balance_scale: Why is this a good idea?
Realism: Airlines in the real world frequently operate multiple liveries within their fleets. Representing this makes the airport experience feel more alive and accurate. Visual Variety: Instead of seeing the same aircraft in the same look repeatedly, players enjoy a dynamic and diverse ramp. Collectability & Engagement: Unlocking and spotting rare liveries (especially event ones) adds a collectible element, encouraging long-term play and engagement. Monetization Option: Offering rare liveries via Silver Planes gives value to in-game currency without impacting gameplay balance. This system enhances visual appeal, deepens customization, and offers players a richer, more authentic aviation experience.

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This is actually a really good idea, would mean not having several contracts to have multiple different liveries, say Icelandair with their 737-8 Max’s as to have a bit of diversity with them, you have to have 4 contracts. Would say, however, if people wish to not include a new livery, Lufthansas for example cause it sucks (why’d they bin the yellow?), or Korean cause it also sucks (Why’d they bin all the colour?), they could avoid it.
Also, would allow for old United blue tulip and American chrome liveries to be mixed in as though 2014 was still around :laughing:.

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Isn’t this basically what I suggested with different Airline contracts

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@horsepowergeek What you mentioned sounds like a system where you sign a general contract with the airline, and then different aircraft types arrive randomly. That’s a great idea and definitely realistic — airlines usually use the same aircraft type on a specific route, but sometimes switch to another one depending on demand or operational needs. But if I understood it correctly, this would mean you can only have one contract per airline? That might not be ideal, especially for larger airports — it could make them feel a bit empty.Because instead of the desired 2 or 3 contracts with a specific airline that I’d like to have, there would be just one aircraft
If I’m understanding this correctly.

In the current discussion, I think the focus is more on liveries within a single aircraft type. For example, if I sign a contract with QATAR B77W, I would mostly receive the standard livery, but occasionally a special livery would show up randomly — like those in the example photos.

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This way we can still enjoy visual variety without sacrificing the diversity of airline presence at the airport

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Also if you have a problem with empty airports just get more contracts from different destinations. I believe I also mention it was an optional thing anyways, which means in theory both these suggestions could exist simultaneously (and honestly that’s be better imo, mor people could tailor it to themselves)

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Though I didn’t mention it, what I suggested did also encompass the idea of an airline with multiple liveries sending a different livery, probably should’ve mentioned that bit

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Maybe a combination of both ideas would be nice. :+1:t2:

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