Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
15 December 2006

                      British Airways Plc (the 'Company')

 Employee Share Schemes - Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares of 25p
                                     each.

Exercise of options

The Company announces that on 15 December 2006 it was notified that, on 14
December 2006, options to acquire ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of
the Company granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 1996 had been
exercised by executive directors and/or persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMR') as detailed in the table below.

Table 1

Name                      Director/PDMR             Number of shares          Option price

Gareth Kirkwood           PDMR                      40,693                    Nil cost



The Company also received notification that the directors and/or PDMRs listed
below each sold ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company on the
London Stock Exchange as set out in the following table:

Table 2

Name                Director/PDMR           Number of shares     Sale price          Date of sale

Gareth Kirkwood     PDMR                    40,693               520.50p             14.12.2006

Sale of shares by employee trust

The Company also received notification that on 14 December 2006 the Trust
disposed of 40,693 ordinary shares of 25p each to satisfy the exercise of
options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.  Willie Walsh and Keith
Williams, executive directors of the Company, as well as other employees, are
potential beneficiaries of the trust. As such, they are deemed to be interested
in the shares held by the Trustee. Accordingly, the number of shares held by the
Trust in which the directors are interested decreased by 40,693 following the
disposal.


Neither Willie Walsh nor Keith Williams has sold shares personally.


This announcement is made following notifications under both section 324
Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Contact:

Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary

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