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How de Havilland built the aircraft families that define its reputation

de Havilland coverage spans pioneering British jet airliners across 1 Airchive families, balancing active fleets with historically important retired types.

This manufacturer page clusters 1 current and historic jet families under a single lineage view so crawlers and readers can move from maker to family to variant without URL duplication or taxonomy drift.

Airchive groups de Havilland aircraft by family first, which keeps airliner lineage readable instead of scattering it across disconnected model pages.

Families

Programs in scope

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de Havilland Comet family

The first jet airliner to enter service and the aircraft that made the world confront both the promise and the risk of pressurized jet transport.

First flight

1949

Seating

36 to 119

Forum pulse

60

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Range band

2,800 nm

Notable operators

BOAC · BEA · Dan-Air

No manufacturer-wide editorial stories are attached yet. The manufacturer directory is still live as a lineage map across active and historical aircraft families.