Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
23 November 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 - 100,933
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD - 1,070,003
Barclays Trust & Co & Others - 305
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM - 578
Barclays Trust Co R69 - 1,046
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 617,238
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 14,396,920
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES - 55,199
Clydesdale Nominees - 4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - 300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,073
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 88,501
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 858,736
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 134,442
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,687,263
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 241,732
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,110
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 752,387
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 1,962,14
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 647,799
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 278,033
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 20,326
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 130,143
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 366,243
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 35,124
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 324,792
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 583,955
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 65,109
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 158,480
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 248,423
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 10,950,798
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 8,768
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 31,028
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 15,962
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 22,850
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,136
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 58,338
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 276,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 67,585
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 66,711
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 16,827
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,762
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 34,396
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 429,513
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 281,930
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -272,144
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -422,467
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 110,112
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 86,446
Mellon Trust - Boston - 105,950
Mellon Trust - Boston - 84,502
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND - 136,232
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,913
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 120,265
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 31,317
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 174,673
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 38,481
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 11,255
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 51,804
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 6,733
Reflex Nominees Limited - 2,819
Reflex Nominees Limited - 393
STATE STREET - 8,597
STATE STREET BOSTON - 476,718
STATE STREET BOSTON - 46,667
The Bank of New York - 4,652
Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban - 9,953
TOTAL - 40,346,828


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

15,236,944


8. Percentage of issued class

1.40%


9. Class of security

ordinary shares of 25p


10. Date of transaction

Not known


11. Date company informed

23 November 2004


12. Total holding following this notification

40,346,828


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.73%


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

23 November 2004


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