April Traffic Statistics

British Airways PLC
3 May 2001


                 TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - APRIL 2001

The presentation of monthly traffic and capacity statistics has changed, with
effect from the start of the new financial year. The sale of Air Liberte, the
prospective sale of Go and the integration of CityFlyer Express with mainline
operations at Gatwick has left Deutsche BA as the only 'non-mainline' flying
subsidiary. The impact of Deutsche BA on total Group figures is very small and
therefore only consolidated figures for the total Group will be presented.
Last year's statistics have been restated.


Summary of the headline figures

Capacity in April, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, was 9.1 per cent
below April 2000. Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, fell 13.3
per cent. The combined impact of the computer systems outage in March and foot
and mouth disease is estimated to account for around one-third of the decline
in traffic. The reduction in traffic comprised an 8.4 per cent decline in
premium traffic and a 14.2 per cent fall in non-premium traffic. Passenger
load factor of 68.9 per cent was 3.4 points lower than April 2000. Cargo,
measured in Cargo Tonne Kilometres, fell by 7.4 per cent.


Market conditions

The testing market conditions and softer revenue highlighted last month have
continued. The slowdown in the US economy has come quite rapidly, accounting
for an estimated 2 percentage points of the overall drop in traffic. April saw
Club World volumes on routes embodied with the new products continue to
perform well, but overall volumes in this cabin declined.


Costs

Oil and fuel prices have increased through the course of April. Based on
current forward curves, it is estimated that the total fuel bill for the year
to March 2002 will be around £100 million higher than for the year just ended.


Strategic developments

British Airways welcomed the decision by the Secretary of State for Trade and
Industry to clear the offer and not to refer the proposed acquisition of the
British Regional Air Lines Group (BRAL) to the Competition Commission. The
recommended cash offer of 120p per share values the entire issued share
capital of BRAL at approximately £78 million. By the initial offer closing
date on April 18, British Airways had received valid acceptances from BRAL
shareholders representing 79.9 per cent of the share capital of the Group. The
offer period has been extended to May 9.


British Airways announced discounts off tickets bought via the airline's
website - www.britishairways.co.uk. Passengers will benefit from a discount of
£3 for domestic and shorthaul flights and £5 for longhaul journeys. The
discount will apply to all bookings and journeys to and from the UK and will
include franchise partners.


British Airways and Iberia extended their code-sharing arrangements to
longhaul routes. British Airways' BA code will be added to Iberia's six weekly
flights between Madrid and Lima. Iberia's IB code will be placed on five
weekly British Airways' flights between London Heathrow and Bangkok.

British Airways and Genie, BT's mobile Internet portal, announced that they
have joined forces to provide British Airways' flight availability, status and
check-in services via mobile Internet. Available now, the services are
accessible exclusively through the travel area on Genie's mobile Internet
portal (wap.genie.co.uk/def/travel.wml) and through British Airways' web and
WAP sites (www.britishairways.com/mobilezone and wap.britishairways.com).


May 3, 2001

BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
                                                      Month of April
BRITISH AIRWAYS                                               Change
SCHEDULED SERVICES                               2001   2000     (%)
Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe                                        2256   2329    -3.2
Americas                                          581    723   -19.6
Asia Pacific                                      153    193   -20.9
Africa and Middle East                            237    246    -3.5
Total                                            3226   3491    -7.6
Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe                                        1898   1967    -3.5
Americas                                         3966   4912   -19.3
Asia Pacific                                     1512   1870   -19.1
Africa and Middle East                           1604   1608    -0.3
Total                                            8979  10357   -13.3
Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe                                        2996   2993    +0.1
Americas                                         5617   6469   -13.2
Asia Pacific                                     2092   2462   -15.0
Africa and Middle East                           2319   2402    -3.5
Total                                           13024  14325    -9.1
Passenger load factor (%)
UK/Europe                                        63.3   65.7    -2.4 pts
Americas                                         70.6   75.9    -5.3 pts
Asia Pacific                                     72.3   75.9    -3.6 pts
Africa and Middle East                           69.2   66.9    +2.3 pts
Total                                            68.9   72.3    -3.4 pts
Revenue tonne km (RTK) (m)
Cargo tonne km (CTK)                              353    382    -7.4
Total RTK                                        1241   1411   -12.1
Available tonne km (m)                           1965   2066    -4.9
Overall load factor (%)                          63.2   68.3    -5.1 pts



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