East Airlines Malaysia Malaysian Airways operated five second-hand Comet 4s in the 1960s. The airline became Malaysia-Singapore Airlines in 1966. Malaysia (Singapore) Malaysia-Singapore Airlines inherited five Comet 4s from Malaysian Airlines in 1966 and two more Comet 4s in 1967 and 1968. All sold to Dan-Air London in 1969. Mexico Mexicana Portugal Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, between 1959 and 1962, chartered a British European Airways Comet 4B to operate a service between London and Lisbon. Saudi Arabia The Government of Saudi Arabia ordered a Comet 4C for use of King Saud bin Abdul Aziz. The Comet 4C was delivered in 1962 but crashed in 1963. South Africa South African Airways chartered two Comets from BOAC, 1953–1954. Sudan Sudan Airways operated two new Comet 4Cs in the 1960s and early 1970s. United Kingdom BEA Airtours British European Airways (BEA) British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) had a total of 10 Comet 1As delivered in the 1950s, with survivors withdrawn after the Cohen Inquiry findings on early Comet crashes. A total of 19 Comet 4s were delivered from 1957. Channel Airways obtained five Comet 4Bs from British European Airways in 1970 and these were re-configured to a high-density 109-seat configuration for the inclusive tour charters from the United Kingdom. One aircraft was retired in 1971 as life-expired, the remainder were obtained by Dan-Air when Channel went into receivership in 1972. Dan-Air, also known as Dan-Air London, bought all of the surviving flyable Comet 4s from the late 1960s into the 1970s; some were for spares reclamation but most were operated on the carrier's inclusive tour charters. A total of 48 Comets of all marks were acquired by the airline. Military Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 412 Squadron (1953–1963) Comet 1A (later retrofitted to 1XB) United Kingdom Royal Air Force 51 Squadron (1958–1975) Comet C2, 2R 192 Squadron (1957–1958) Comet C2, 2R 216 Squadron (1956–1975) Comet C2 and C4 Royal Aircraft Establishment See also Hawker Siddeley Nimrod References Notes Bibliography Antennas and Propagation, Part 1. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1978. . Darling, Kev. De Havilland Comet. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2001. . Davies, R.E.G. and Philip J. Birtles. Comet: The World's First Jet Airliner. McLean, Virginia: Paladwr Press, 1999. . Jackson, A.J. De Havilland Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1987. . Jones, Barry. "Database: D.H. 016 Comet." Aeroplane, Volume 38, No. 4, Issue no. 444, April 2010. Roach, J. R. and