Traffic and Capacity Stats

British Airways PLC
5 July 2000

                                
           TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - JUNE 2000

Summary of the headline figures
On the back of a 2.3 per cent capacity reduction, traffic,
measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, fell by 1.4 per cent
in June. Premium traffic grew by 6.8 per cent and non-premium
traffic fell by 2.7 per cent. Passenger load factor rose 0.6
points to 75.9 per cent.

These figures were impacted by the air traffic control problems
on 17 and 18 June, and by the French air traffic control strike
on 26 June. It is estimated that the impact was to reduce RPKs
by 0.8 percentage points and to reduce ASKs by 1.3 percentage
points.

For the first quarter of the year, RPKs grew by 2.8 per cent,
with premium traffic growing by 8.1 per cent and non-premium
growing by 2.0 per cent. With ASKs for the quarter falling
marginally by 0.1 per cent, passenger load factor rose by 2
points.

Market conditions
The  revenue outlook for the key summer season continues to give
cause  for cautious optimism with lower capacity growth  in  the
market supporting yields and seat factors.

Costs
Jet  fuel prices have continued to rise, and although the  Group
has  hedged  over 75 per cent of its fuel requirements  for  the
remainder  of  the  financial year.  Increased  prices  and  the
strength of the US dollar against sterling will raise total fuel
and  oil costs for the year to March 2001 by around £40 million,
if fuel prices persist at current levels.

At  the end of June, the value of the yen stood at Yen 160.3  to
the  pound, compared to Yen 163.6 at the end of March. The Group
will  therefore have a non-cash accounting charge of £19 million
in the first quarter financial results.

Strategic developments
British  Airways and KLM announced that they are in talks  on  a
possible combination of their businesses.

With  the  entry  into  service of  the  ninth  Airbus  A319  at
Birmingham, the last Boeing 737-200 was retired from the Eurohub
terminal.  The  first three A319s have also entered  service  at
Heathrow.  Three 737-200s remain in operation at Manchester  and
seven out of Gatwick.

British  Airways  and LanChile reached a code-sharing  agreement
providing  connections  between  Santiago  and  London.  From  1
August,  British  Airways will terminate  its  current  Santiago
service  at  Buenos Aires, and LanChile will operate connections
between   Buenos  Aires  and  Santiago.  This  replaces  British
Airways'   London-Buenos  Aires-Santiago  service,   which   has
struggles to make a profit since its introduction in 1993.

British  Airways  consolidated its leisure activities  into  one
division,  to offer an integrated range of leisure products  and
services.  The  division will be responsible  for  the  complete
range  of  British  Airways leisure products  sold  through  all
distribution channels, including travel agents, tour  operators,
British Airways Telesales, Travel Shops and Britishairways.com.

British  Airways renewed its franchise agreement with GB Airways
for a further eight years. The Gatwick-based carrier has been  a
franchise carrier since 1995.

National Jet Italia, a start-up carrier, has been added  to  the
British Airways franchise family, taking British Airways flights
into  the  Italian domestic market for the first time. NJI  will
start flying from Rome to Palermo four times daily from 11 July.


July 5, 2000
BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

                    Month of June        Financial year to date
                                          April through June
BRITISH AIRWAYS MAINLINE       Change                Change
SCHEDULED SERVICES  2000   1999  (%)      2000  1999   (%)

Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe           2091   2147   -2.6    6064  6044   +0.3
Americas            790    799    -1.1    2244  2199   +2.1
Asia Pacific        183    190    -3.3    553   538    +2.8
Africa and 
Middle East         222    225    -1.2    684   652    +4.9
Total               3287   3361   -2.2    9546  9433   +1.2

Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe           1901   1958   -2.9    5489  5451   +0.7
Americas            5384   5449   -1.2    15297 14962  +2.2
Asia Pacific        1766   1807   -2.3    5367  5170   +3.8
Africa and
Middle East         1453   1440   +0.9    4466 4182    +6.8
Total               10503  10653  -1.4    30619 29764  +2.9

Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe           2663   2766   -3.7    8094  8246   -1.8
Americas            6427   6740   -4.6    19702 19970  -1.3
Asia Pacific        2374   2384   -0.4    7334  7234   +1.4
Africa and 
Middle East         2369   2263   +4.7    7221  6920   +4.3
Total               13834  14154  -2.3    42350 42370  -0.0

Passenger load factor (%)
UK/Europe           71.4   70.8  +0.6 pts 67.8  66.1   +1.7 pts
Americas            83.8   80.8  +3.0 pts 77.6  74.9   +2.7 pts
Asia Pacific        74.4   75.8  -1.4 pts 73.2  71.5   +1.7 pts
Africa and 
Middle East         61.3   63.6  -2.3 pts 61.8  60.4   +1.4 pts
Total               75.9   75.3  +0.6 pts 72.3  70.2   +2.1 pts

Cargo tonne km (CTK)403    358   +12.6    1200  1031   +16.3
Total RTK           1454   1418  +2.5     4256  3993   +6.6
Available tonne km(m)2047  2036  +0.5     6220  6101   +2.0
Overall load factor(%)71.0 69.6  +1.4 pts 68.4  65.5   +2.9 pts

NON-MAINLINE SERVICES*
Passengers carried  644    724   -11.1    1922  2041   -5.8
(000)
Revenue passenger   490    641   -23.6    1433  1884   -23.9 
km (m)
Available seat      750    994   -24.6    2167  2965   -26.9 
km (m)
Total RTK           45     63     -0.3    130   186    -0.3
Available tonne     77     96     -0.2    222   287    -0.2 
km (m)

TOTAL GROUP SCHEDULED SERVICES
Passengers carried  3931   4085   -3.8    11467 11474  -0.1
(000)
Revenue passenger   10993  11294  -2.7    32052 31648  +1.3 
km (m)
Available seat      14584  15148  -3.7    44517 45334  -1.8 
km (m)
Total RTK (m)       1498   1481   +1.2    4387  4180   +5.0
Available tonne     2124   2132   -0.4    6442  6387   +0.9 
km (m)
                                                               
*including DBA, Go &                               Shareholder Value
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