Fuji Dream

[Grass73]

Fuji Dream Airlines are a small domestic carrier in Japan with a fleet of 9 Emb-170/175s. Thankfully they have decided to buck the trend and not employ Dulux gloss white as their house livery and instead all are painted in various garish colours. All shots taken at one of their hubs - Nagoya Komaki in November.

Fuji Purple by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Fuji Green by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Fuji Red by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Fuji Yellow by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Fuji Gold by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Fuji Pink by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Is a realistic goal or just a dream? Mitsubishi's MRJ caught on a test flight. Mitsubishi must think the latter as they are busy constructing a new factory to handle production of this new jet.
MRJ by Niall Grant, on Flickr

New kid on the block by Niall Grant, on Flickr

Hope they are of interest

Niall

[andygolfer]

a very nice variety of schemes,
thanks for posting them Niall

Andy

[PorkScratching]

Thanks for posting those, great to see them all together. Agree wholeheartedly that they're much better than the boring mostly white schemes that are common today (I do like the gold one).

Is that the first MRJ photo on this forum? Probably! Sadly Mitsubishi have just announced a further one year delay to the programme. I hope it makes it to Farnborough this year.

[Wrighty]

Very interesting selection of colour, some do look nasty. I do like the look of the MRJ, nose seems to point down dramatically, would this be to improve visibility landing

[Grass73]

Cheers for the comments lads.

Nick, just read the report on the delay in the MRJ program - apparently they need to strengthen the wings and undercarriage. Not an easy task without significant weight penalties. It's an attractive aircraft but can't help feeling that they are about 5 years too late to market and a further delay will only damage the program. Main orders are from US regionals, a significant delay may see them cancel, with the MRJ essentially being picked up only by the Japanese carriers, just like the YS-11.

[Paultojo]

Very nice set, nice catch with the MRJ

Paul

[PorkScratching]

Grass73 I fear you may be correct that the outlook for the MRJ isn't good with the delay, and the complex reasons why. It's quite distinctive, so it would be nice to have them selling well. Worrying times for those working on the project too I expect.

[Polehill]

Nice to see an airline dare to be different, reminds me of Court Line in the '70s with their pastel fleet.

[culpano]

Nice shots Niall. I got 6 of these at Fukuoka in 2014 but it was raining !

[King Cobra]

Those Fuji colours remind of the good old days at Luton and the Court Line 1-11 fleet.