Maryland One was unveiled in Baltimore/Washington on June 14, 2005 as the first "Eastern" state flag livery. The airline had launched service to BWI in 1993 as the airline's first East coast station. Since then its presence in the Maryland airport has significantly grown and by 2005 it was the airline's 3rd largest station in terms of daily departures.
The Maryland flag is the only US state flag to be directly based on English heraldry, referring to the heraldic flag of George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, founder of the Maryland Colony. The black and yellow part is the Calvert family banner, while the red and white part is the cross bottony (trefly) called "Crossland Banner" from the Crossland line, the family of Lord Baltimore's mother.
Note the livery design is asymetric, with white engine cowlings on the port side and red ones on the starboard side. The aircraft was repainted in the latest scheme in 2021.
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