January traffic statistics

British Airways PLC
05 February 2008


TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - January 2008


Summary of the headline figures


In January 2008, passenger capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, was
0.6 per cent below January 2007.  Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger
Kilometres, fell 1.6 per cent.  This resulted in a passenger load factor down
0.7 points versus last year, to 69.2 per cent.  Traffic comprised an 8.8 per
cent increase in premium traffic and a 3.5 per cent fall in non-premium traffic.
Comparatives between January 2007 and 2008 are difficult. In 2007, although a
full schedule was operated, bookings were impacted by the threat of industrial
action. In 2008, there were a significant number of cancellations. These were
caused by the landing incident with BA38 on January 17, which impacted runway
operations for several days. In addition, several instances of fog and high
winds during the month caused flow rates to be reduced, which led to further
cancellations.


Cargo, measured in Cargo Tonne Kilometres, rose by 16.0 per cent.


Market conditions

As reported in Friday's Interim Management Statement, premium traffic remains
strong, particularly in the Club World cabin. Longhaul non-premium and shorthaul
premium markets continue to show weakness.


Strategic Developments


British Airways said its new EU-US subsidiary airline 'OpenSkies' will operate
daily flights from Brussels and Paris to New York. The airline will launch in
June 2008 with one Boeing 757 aircraft and plans to operate six B757s by the end
of 2009.


Following the Government's decision to lift hand baggage restrictions British
Airways customers flying through and out of Heathrow are now able to take two
pieces of free hand baggage on board. The one bag limit is still in place at
Gatwick.


British Airways announced it is to start flights from Heathrow to the Indian
city of Hyderabad from October 27, 2008. Hyderabad will be the airline's sixth
Indian destination joining Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai on its
route network. The new service will be operated by a Boeing 777 with five
services per week.


British Airways said it is increasing its service to Buenos Aires with daily
flights and non-stop to Rio de Janeiro next winter. The airline is upping its
Heathrow to Buenos Aires flights from four per week to a daily service and
flying non-stop from Heathrow to Rio instead of via Sao Paulo, cutting more than
two hours off the flight time.


The airline unveiled a new carbon offset scheme and backing for deforestation
prevention in Brazil. It is also supporting research into the effects of
aircraft's non-carbon emissions. The offset scheme uses UN certified emissions
reductions to help finance clean energy projects in developing countries.
Customers offsetting their flight emissions will be supporting a new windfarm in
one of the poorest regions of China, as well as run-of-the-river hydro electric
plants in China and Brazil.


British Airways unveiled the latest feature of its new home in Terminal 5 - a
luxurious complex of six lounges covering 15,000 square feet, based on the look
and feel of a modern boutique hotel. The lounges or 'galleries' complex is the
largest and most luxurious in the world for the exclusive use of up to 2,500
British Airways premium passengers and top tier members of the oneworld
alliance's frequent flyer schemes.


At the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) hearing on the BAA airport charges review,
British Airways urged the CAA to stop BAA delaying the introduction of improved
customer service quality targets at Heathrow by up to two years.

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February 5, 2008                                        015/TC/08


BRITISH AIRWAYS SCHEDULED SERVICES
          
                                                                            Financial year
                                  Month of January                         April to January

                                   2008        2007   Change (%)             2008     2006/07   Change (%)
Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe                          1325        1326         -0.1            17221       17253         -0.2
Americas                            553         542         +2.0             6374        6301         +1.2
Asia Pacific                        145         145         -0.3             1531        1556         -1.6
Africa and Middle East              306         333         -8.0             2957        2979         -0.7
Total                              2329        2347         -0.8            28083       28089         -0.0

Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe                          1270        1277         -0.5            17030       17097         -0.4
Americas                           3750        3686         +1.7            42909       42479         +1.0
Asia Pacific                       1510        1499         +0.7            15744       15886         -0.9
Africa and Middle East             2081        2292         -9.2            19815       20062         -1.2
Total                              8611        8754         -1.6            95497       95523         -0.0

Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe                          2294        2292         +0.1            24491       23562         +3.9
Americas                           5428        5294         +2.5            55437       54712         +1.3
Asia Pacific                       1926        1989         -3.1            19535       20162         -3.1
Africa and Middle East             2801        2946         -4.9            25793       25912         -0.5
Total                             12449       12521         -0.6           125256      124347         +0.7

Passenger load factor (%)
UK/Europe                          55.4        55.7         -0.3 pts         69.5        72.6         -3.1 pts
Americas                           69.1        69.6         -0.5 pts         77.4        77.6         -0.2 pts
Asia Pacific                       78.4        75.4         +3.0 pts         80.6        78.8         +1.8 pts
Africa and Middle East             74.3        77.8         -3.5 pts         76.8        77.4         -0.6 pts
Total                              69.2        69.9         -0.7 pts         76.2        76.8         -0.6 pts

Revenue tonne km (RTK) (m)
Cargo tonne km (CTK)                393         339        +16.0             4059        3978         +2.0
Total RTK                          1268        1240         +2.3            13681       13650         +0.2
Available tonne km (m)             1895        1907         -0.6            19185       19276         -0.5

Overall load factor (%)            66.9        65.0         +1.9 pts         71.3        70.8         +0.5 pts


Certain information included in these statements is forward-looking and involves
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by the forward looking statements.


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results of operations and financial conditions and the Company's plans and
objectives for future operations, including, without limitation, discussions of
the Company's Business Plan programs, expected future revenues, financing plans
and expected expenditures and divestments. All forward-looking statements in
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report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.


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events that could cause the Company's forward looking statements to be incorrect
or that could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the future operations
or results of an airline operating in the global economy. Fuller information on
some factors which could result in material difference to the results is
available in the company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2007, which
is available on www.bashareholders.com.


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