Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
21 September 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

Bank of Ireland - 96,084
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD - 203,065
Barclays Trust & Co & Others - 305
Barclays Trust Co R69 - 1,046
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 590,043
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 19,473,325
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES - 29,520
Clydesdale Nominees - 4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - 300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 127,458
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 84,553
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 735,096
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,073
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,712
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 130,143
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 667,428
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,712
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,230,875
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 778,852
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 275,665
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 7,430
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 230,736
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,590.278
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 270,890
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 35,124
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 476,032
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 727,773
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 65,109
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 177,522
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 303,516
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 9,677,773
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 8,768
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 31,028
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 15,962
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 58,338
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,136
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,762
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 262,904
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 16,827
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 65,243
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 22,850
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 83,357
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 201,888
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 38,134
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 256,293
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 247,971
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -319,535
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 82,0474
Mellon Trust - Boston - 84,502
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND - 182,271
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,913
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 136,117
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 31,136
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 197,342
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 38,591
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 11,255
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 53,959
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 5,733
STATE STREET - 8,597
STATE STREET BOSTON - 512,867
STATE STREET BOSTON - 46,667
SWAN NOMINEES LIMITED - 1,028
SWAN NOMINEES LIMITED - 2,184
The Northern Trust C0- 6,710
TOTAL - 53,865,823

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/a

6. Percentage of issued class

N/a

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

10,726,941

8. Percentage of issued class

0.99%

9. Class of security

ordinary shares of 25p

10. Date of transaction

Not known

11. Date company informed

21 September 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

43,138,882

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.98%

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

21 September 2004

The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange