Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
02 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 - 96,084
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD - 280,936
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 - 20,559,656
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES - 75,584
Clydesdale Nominees - 4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - 300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 84,553
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 128,331
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 780,056
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,073
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 7,857
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 669,528
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 7,430
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 130,143
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 96,813
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,023,426
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 84,554
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,454,265
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,632,167
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 362,450
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 769,430
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 261,466
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 35,124
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 498,532
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 731,706
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 65,109
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 177,522
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 310,639
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 11,047,464
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 - 58,338
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,136
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 16,827
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 271,619
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 65,243
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 64,728
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 422,467
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 265,189
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 259,797
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 34,396
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 429,513
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,762
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -524,694
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 84,064
Mellon Trust - Boston - 304,189
Mellon Trust - Boston - 84,502
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND - 435,175
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,913
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 101,770
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 385,571
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 562,856
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 37,131
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 11,255
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 52,474
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 5,733
Reflex Nominees Limited - 2,819
Reflex Nominees Limited - 393
STATE STREET - 8,597
STATE STREET BOSTON - 512,867
STATE STREET BOSTON - 46,667
Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban - 9,953
TOTAL - 54,179,124



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


8,530,160



6. Percentage of issued class


0.78%




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


1 November 2004



12. Total holding following this notification


54,179,124



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


5.00%



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


2 November 2004



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