What a livery changes
A livery is paint. It does not change thrust, flaps, or the Update 10 flight model. A Ryanair-style 737 and another 737 of the same model are the same flying lesson in a different screenshot.
Public images on this site show that airline paints exist in the game: a Ryanair 737 on the apron, a JetBlue-style narrow-body in the A320neo showcase, an InterCaribbean Twin Otter, and a Cathay Pacific four-engine jet. Those frames prove the paints were used in promotional images. They are not a complete hangar list.
How to pick one
- Learn the aircraft on a simple, high-contrast paint so bank is easy to see from outside.
- Save dark schemes for clear weather and screenshots.
- After a patch, look again. New paints have arrived beside cockpit work, and an old count from a trailer is a snapshot.
On a 16-player ramp
Do not sit in the only gate while you scroll skins. Say you are changing paint if people are waiting, and do the long browse in a quiet server. ATC cares about the runway, not the airline on the tail.
A 2024 livery complaint
On 7 July 2024 a viewer wrote that Qantas was spelled wrong and that the 737 variant could not land at London City. That is a player report from early public days, not a bug confirmed against Update 10. London City's presence after a February 2025 bring-it-back comment is itself uncertain.
What liveries do not do
They do not make the aircraft faster, they do not unlock codes, and a script is not a safe way to add paint. Spend practice on one scheme you will actually fly.