Who was the first pilot to fly jet from where to where?

The first turbojet flight was the Heinkel He 178 X of the German Luftwaffe on August 27, 1939 in Rostock, Germany. On May 2, 1952, the British Overseas Aircraft Corporation (BOAC) began the world's first commercial jet service with the Comet 1A, a 44-seat passenger plane from London to Johannesburg. Piloting the plane was de Havilland chief test pilot John Cunningham. The Comet was capable of traveling at a record speed of 480 mph, a record speed at the time.