April Traffic Statistics

British Airways PLC
4 May 2000


       TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - APRIL 2000

Summary of the headline figures
Premium traffic rose by 7.5 per cent in April. Non-premium
traffic  rose by 6.0 per cent, supported by strong  Easter
holiday traffic.

Capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 0.7
per cent in April with Revenue Passenger Kilometres rising
by  6.2 per cent. Consequently, passenger load factor rose
by 3.7 points to 72.6 per cent. In terms of traffic mix by
cabin,  premium  traffic was strong,  despite  the  Easter
holiday  falling wholly within April. This was  driven  by
longhaul traffic, with shorthaul premium business  falling
slightly.  Non-premium  traffic grew  more  strongly  this
month  than  at  any time during the last financial  year,
driven by holiday traffic. Cargo traffic was again strong,
with Cargo Tonne Kilometres up 20.6 per cent. Although all
regions  performed well in cargo, Europe sold traffic  saw
particularly  strong  volumes, with the  Asia-Pacific  and
Middle  East,  Africa  and  Indian  sub-continent  regions
continuing  to  benefit from strong volumes.  The  overall
load factor rose by 5.1 points, to 68.6 per cent.

Market conditions
The lower industry capacity growth for the summer schedule
will  support both yields and seat factors in  the  summer
months.  While  shorthaul  routes  continue  to  be  under
pressure  from  low  cost carriers, longhaul  markets  are
performing better.

Costs
Fuel  markets continue to be volatile. Group hedging cover
currently stands at 85 per cent for the first quarter  and
75 per cent for the full year to March 2001.

Highlights
British Airways announced the appointment of Rod Eddington
as its new Chief Executive, with effect from 1 May.

Strategic developments
Alongside five other major world airlines, British Airways
announced the formation of a company to create and operate
an  internet marketplace, linking airlines worldwide  with
sellers   of  airline-related  goods  and  services.   The
company,  which will have its headquarters in  the  United
States,  will handle approximately $32 billion of the  six
airlines'  supply  chain  business  annually.  The   other
founding  member  airlines  are  American  Airlines,   Air
France, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and  United
Airlines.   British  Airways  currently  has   an   annual
procurement  spend  of around £3.9 billion,  and  aims  to
increase  UK orders conducted on-line from 25% to  80%  by
March  2002.  Total annual spend savings from  procurement
initiatives are forecast to reach £180m by March 2002.

British Airways and Amadeus announced a new partnership
which will transfer management of British Airways' flight
booking, departure control, inventory and related
information systems to Amadeus. This move will free
British Airways' internal resources to focus on IT
developments, including internet based opportunities,
which will provide competitive advantage, as well as
reducing costs and operating a common system with several
oneworld alliance partners.

British Airways teamed up with GetThere.com, the leading
supplier of internet-based business-to-business travel
systems in the US, to launch a new on-line business travel
management system for small and medium sized companies in
the UK. The private access website will be available to
travel agents for their medium to small sized corporate
clients and also to corporate customers who wish to book
directly.

British  Airways  announced that it  had  entered  into  a
period of exclusive negotiation with Taitbout Antibes  BV,
a  European financial institution, regarding the  sale  of
its  86  per cent holding in Participations Aeronautiques,
the parent company of Air Liberte.

Following  extensive consultation with  trade  bodies  and
travel  agents,  British  Airways  announced  the  payment
levels for the agents' remuneration scheme, which replaces
the  standard  seven  per  cent commission  payment.  This
scheme  comes into effect on 1 January 2001. Payments  are
higher for longhaul than for shorthaul, and for full  fare
flexible  tickets than restricted tickets to  reflect  the
increased workload.

May 4, 2000
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BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
                           Month of April
                              
                           
BRITISH AIRWAYS MAINLINE       Change 
SCHEDULED SERVICES   2000   1999  (%) 
                                      
Passengers carried (000)                   
UK/Europe            1937   1921 +0.8 
Americas              723    687 +5.2 
Far East and          193    179 +7.8 
Australasia
Africa and Middle     246    226 +8.6 
East
Total                3098   3014 +2.8 
                                      
Revenue passenger km (m)                     

UK/Europe            1758   1707 +3.0 
Americas             4912   4675 +5.1 
Far East and         1870   1719 +8.7 
Australasia
Africa and Middle    1608   1453+10.6 
East
Total               10147   9554 +6.2 
                                      
Available seat km (m)                     
UK/Europe            2642   2682 -1.5 
Americas             6469   6514 -0.7 
Far East and         2462   2383 +3.3 
Australasia
Africa and Middle    2402   2294 +4.7 
East
Total               13975  13874 +0.7 
                                      
Passenger load factor (%)                        
UK/Europe            66.5   63.6 +2.9 pts
Americas             75.9   71.8 +4.1 pts
Far East and         75.9   72.1 +3.8 pts
Australasia
Africa and Middle    66.9   63.3 +3.6 pts
East
Total                72.6   68.9 +3.7 pts
                                      
                                      
Cargo tonne km(CTK)   382    316 +20.6 
Total RTK            1392   1267  +9.9 
Available tonne km(m)2029   1993  +1.8 
Overall load factor  68.6   63.5  +5.1 pts
 (%)
                                      
NON MAINLINE SCHEDULED SERVICES*                    
Passengers carried    942    641 +46.9 
 (000)
Revenue passenger     894    619 +44.4 
 km (m)
Available seat km (m)1251    965 +29.7 
Total RTK (m)          62     53 +18.0 
Available tonne km (m) 88     74 +19.4 

                                      
TOTAL GROUP SCHEDULED SERVICES                   
Passengers carried   4041   3655 +10.6 
 (000)
Revenue passenger   11041  10174  +8.5 
 km (m)
Available seat km   15226  14839  +2.6 
 (m)
Total RTK (m)        1455   1319 +10.3 
Available tonne km   2117   2067  +2.4 
 (m)
                                                        
*including DBA, Air Liberte, Go &                  Shareholder Value
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