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Today in Kimberley's History
May 2nd

The first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg - 1952
The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946, and the long-haul British state airline from 1946 (later merged with British European Airways Corporation to form British Airways). In 1952, BOAC became the first airline to introduce a passenger jet, the de Havilland Comet. On 2 May 1952 the first regular jet flight, with a Havilland Comet, left London with 36 passengers on board. It arrived in Johannesburg 18 hours later. The London-Johannesburg route therefore became the first regular service flown by a jet airliner.  
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