Traffic & Capacity Stats

British Airways PLC
4 October 2000

                                                                
        TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - SEPTEMBER 2000


Summary of the headline figures
Traffic  and capacity continued the trend seen in recent months.
Capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, fell by 2.8 per
cent  in  September.  Traffic,  measured  in  Revenue  Passenger
Kilometres,  rose  by 0.7 per cent comprising  a  6.6  per  cent
growth  in  premium traffic and a 0.3 per cent decline  in  non-
premium  traffic.  The  rate of growth  in  premium  traffic  is
slightly slower than in recent months, reflecting the suspension
of  the Concorde services. Passenger load factor rose 2.7 points
to 76.9 per cent. Cargo continued to improve with a 6.4 per cent
increase in Cargo Tonne Kilometres.


For  the  second quarter, ASKs fell by 2.3 per cent,  with  RPKs
growing by 0.1 per cent. This resulted in a 1.8 percentage point
increase  in mainline quarterly load factor, to 77.7  per  cent.
The  traffic  growth comprises a 7.2 per cent  rise  in  premium
traffic and a 1.0 per cent decline in non-premium traffic. Cargo
Tonne Kilometres for the second quarter rose by 9.4 per cent.


Market conditions
Trading through the second quarter has been much improved on the
same  period  last year. Load factors have been high  and  there
have  been yield improvements on both the longhaul and shorthaul
networks.


Costs
In  line  with  many  of its competitors,  British  Airways  has
implemented  a  price  increase across all routes  to  partially
offset  the  high cost of fuel. This three per cent increase  on
worldwide  published fares will help to mitigate  the  estimated
£270m  increase in fuel and oil costs for the current  financial
year.

As  a result of changes in the sterling:yen exchange rate, there
will be a non-cash accounting charge of £7 million in the second
quarter financial results.


Strategic developments
British  Airways  and  KLM  announced  that  they  will  not  be
proceeding  any further in their talks on a possible combination
of their businesses.

British Airways announced that it will provide UK travel  agents
with  a further three months to prepare for the introduction  of
its  new travel agents' payment scheme, which will now begin  on
April  1,  2001.  This will allow additional  time  for  British
Airways  and travel agents to carry out rigorous system  testing
and  for  agents  to  adapt  their own  systems  to  meet  their
individual business needs.

British  Airways  and  internet  agency  DoubleClick  signed   a
landmark on-line advertising deal, spanning 14 countries on four
continents with a potential monthly global audience of  over  33
million  people.  The deal will enable British Airways  to  take
advantage of the latest on-line advertising technology to  raise
its profile across top business, finance and travel websites, as
well as general portals such as AltaVista.

Deutsche  BA,  British Airways' wholly owned German  subsidiary,
adopted  the  'BA' prefix next to its own 'DI' codes  on  German
domestic  routes  and two international routes from  Germany  to
Spain.  The  codeshare covers 15 German domestic routes  between
Munich,  Cologne,  Berlin, Hamburg and Dusseldorf,  as  well  as
Deutsche BA's daily flights between Munich and Madrid and Munich
and Barcelona.



October 4, 2000
BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
                     Month of September       Financial year to date
                                              April through September

BRITISH AIRWAYS                    Change                     Change
MAINLINE SCHEDULED   2000    1999   (%)      2000     1999     (%)
SERVICES

Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe            2129    2121    +0.4    12625    12627   -0.0
Americas             720     732     -1.7    4563     4564    -0.0
Asia Pacific         188     202     -6.9    1135     1144    -0.8
Africa and Middle    270     241     +12.0   1512     1395    +8.4
East
Total                3307    3296    +0.3    19835    19730   +0.5

Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe            1936    1916    +1.0    11502    11528   -0.2
Americas             4946    5023    -1.5    31182    31183   -0.0
Asia Pacific         1901    1961    -3.1    11123    11036   +0.8
Africa and Middle    1773    1581    +12.1   9866     9075    +8.7
East
Total                10555   10481   +0.7    63673    62822   +1.4

Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe            2682    2787    -3.7    16369    16899   -3.1
Americas             6331    6689    -5.3    39444    40643   -3.0
Asia Pacific         2269    2392    -5.1    14367    14573   -1.4
Africa and Middle    2447    2260    +8.3    14713    13818   +6.5
East
Total                13730   14128   -2.8    84893    85934   -1.2

Passenger load factor (%)
UK/Europe            72.2    68.8    +3.4  pts       70.3   68.2   +2.1 pts
Americas             78.1    75.1    +3.0  pts       79.1   76.7   +2.4 pts
Asia Pacific         83.8    82.0    +1.8  pts       77.4   75.7   +0.7 pts
Africa and Middle    72.4    69.9    +2.5  pts       67.1   65.7   +1.4 pts
East
Total                76.9    74.2    +2.7  pts       75.0   73.1   +1.9 pts


Revenue tonne km (RTK) (m)
Cargo tonne km(CTK)    405    381     +6.4           2431   2151   +13.0
Total RTK              1463   1426    +2.6           8807   8411   +4.7
Available tonne km(m)  2044   2052    -0.4           12537  12411  +1.0
Overall load factor(%) 71.6   69.5    +2.1  pts      70.2   67.8   +2.4 pts

NON-MAINLINE SERVICES
Passengers carried(000) 698   787     -11.3          4000   4384    -8.8
Revenue passenger km(m) 541   720     -24.8          3092   4187    -26.2
Available seat km(m)    762   1094    -30.3          4528   6259    -27.7
Revenue tonne km(RTK)   49    71      -30.0          285    415     -31.2
(000)
Available tonne km      79    106     -25.1          465    605     -23.1

TOTAL GROUP SCHEDULED SERVICES
(including Deutsche BA, Go, Air Liberte (1999) & Cityflyer
Express w.e.f. 5.11.1999 for vlys)
Passengers carried(000) 4005   4083   -1.9           23835  24114   -1.2
Revenue passenger km(m) 11096  11201  -0.9           66765  67010   -0.4
Available seat km(m)    14492  15222  -4.8           89421  92193   -3.0
Total RTK(m)            1513   1496   +1.1           9092   8826    +3.0
Available tonne km(m)   2123   2158   -1.6           13003  13016   -0.1

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