A new livery with more red was also used.
There was a lot of negative reaction to the new livery.
In 1981, a new livery was adopted of orange, brown and white.
All buses were expected to be in the new livery by the summer of 2012.
"And he looks so splendid in the new livery I have designed for him."
In 1989 a new livery of green and grey was introduced.
The late-1980s also saw the introduction of many new liveries.
At that time the airline adopted a new livery as well.
Around the same time, no. 73109 was also repainted into the new blue livery.
As part of the franchise change they introduced a new blue, white and green livery.