Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
28 June 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


British Airways Plc




2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Barclays PLC



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


As above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


ALMIXFTTL-18048-CHASE MANHATTAN - 26,228
ASUKEXTTL-20947-CHASE MANHATTAN - 25,419,496
Bank of Ireland - 111,543
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD - 1,047,506
Barclays Trust & Co & Others - 2,046
Barclays Trust Co E99 - 425
Barclays Trust Co R69 - 1,046
BLENTFUKQ-17011-CHASE MANHATTAN - 8,768
BLENTFUKQ-16344-CHASE MANHATTAN - 162,646
BLENTPUKQ-16345-CHASE MANHATTAN - 288,717
BLEQFDUKQ-16331-CHASE MANHATTAN - 282,761
BLEQPTUEA-16341-CHASE MANHATTAN -282,358
BLEQPTUKQ-16341-CHASE MANHATTAN - 734,109
BLEQPTUKQ-16338-CHASE MANHATTAN - 37,840
BLEQPTUKQ-16342-CHASE MANHATTAN - 65,109
BLEQPTUKQ-16400-CHASE MANHATTAN - 9,773,969
CHATRKTTL - 16376 - CHASE MANHATTAN - 582,058
Clydesdale Nominees - 4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - 300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 103,887
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,543,539
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 785,053
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 135,453
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,023,650
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 1,565,487
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 339,803
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,073
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 78,960
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 667,656
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 56,712
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 585,750
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 7,430
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 15,321
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 517,464
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 87,397
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 15,962
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,762
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 64,728
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 29,347
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 41,530
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 58,784
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 65,243
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 58,338
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 16,827
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 22,850
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 257,144
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,136
Mellon Trust - Boston - 84,502
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND - 332,524
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,913
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,042
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 3,993
NORTHERN TRUST - Wire Bank - N - 30,857
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 486,915
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 226,555
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 78,449
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 36,988
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 11,255
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 57,377
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 6,708
STATE STREET - 11,227
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST - 46,667
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST - 512,867
Sumitomo TB - 3,471
Sumitomo TB - 5,020
SWAN NOMINEES LIMITED - 2,184
SWAN NOMINEES LIMITED - 1,028
TOTAL - 54,997,945



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


11,638,042



6. Percentage of issued class


1.07%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/a



8. Percentage of issued class


N/a



9. Class of security


ordinary shares of 25p



10. Date of transaction


Not known



11. Date company informed


28 June 2004



12. Total holding following this notification


54,997,945



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


5.07%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Alan Buchanan, 020 8738 5119



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary



Date of notification


28 June 2004



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