Sale of BA Connect

British Airways PLC
05 March 2007



SALE OF BA CONNECT TO FLYBE COMPLETED



British Airways has completed the sale of the regional operation of its
subsidiary airline BA Connect to Flybe.



As previously announced at Quarter 2 on November 3, 2006, British Airways has
already taken a charge in respect of the sale. This will be increased by around
£20 million as a result of losses incurred by BA Connect to February 28, 2007.

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March 5, 2007                          30/KG/07



Notes to Editors



There will be a transition period until March 25, 2007 while the handover of
responsibilities between the two airlines is undertaken. After this date, former
BA Connect services operated by Flybe will have a British Airways flight code
for a minimum of 12 months.



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.

Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections relating to
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 programmes, expected future revenues, financing
plans and expected expenditures and divestments. All forward-looking statements
in this report are based upon information known to the company on the date of
this 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.

It is not reasonably possible to itemise all of the many factors and specific
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. Information on some
factors which could result in material difference to the results is available in
the company's SEC filings, including, without limitation the company's Report on
Form 20-F for the year ended March 2006.










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