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The first commercial jet passenger service, operated by BOAC, launched in May 1952, permanently transforming long-distance travel.

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BOAC launched the first jet passenger service in 1952 with the Comet, cutting travel times dramatically — and beginning the age when the world became a day's flight wide.

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BOAC tarafından işletilen ilk ticari jet yolcu seferi Mayıs 1952'de başladı ve uzun mesafeli yolculuğu kalıcı olarak dönüştürdü.
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BOAC, 1952'de Comet ile ilk jet yolcu servisini başlattı; seyahat sürelerini çarpıcı biçimde kısalttı — ve dünyanın bir günlük uçuş genişliğine indiği çağı başlattı.

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