After a series of accidents in 1953-1954, the Comet 4 was introduced in 1958. The first successful service, from October 1958, was the typical "jet set" route, London-New York City. Pan Am followed suit with the Boeing 707, making its first scheduled flight between New York City and Paris on 26 October 1958.

Other cities on the standard jet set routes were Honolulu, Mexico City,