Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
22 December 2006

                      British Airways Plc (the 'Company')

 Employee Share Schemes - Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares of 25p
                                     each.

Exercise of options

The Company announces that on 22 December 2006 it was notified that, on 21
December 2006, options to acquire ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of
the Company granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 1996 and Share
Option Plan 1999 had been exercised by executive directors and/or persons
discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMR') as detailed in the table below.

Table 1
Name                        Director/PDMR          Number of shares          Option price
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR                   97,147                    Nil cost
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR                   127,388                   157p
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR                   48,461                    321p
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR                   29,473                    380p
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR                   23,096                    394p



The Company also received notification that the directors and/or PDMRs listed
below each sold ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company on the
London Stock Exchange as set out in the following table:

Table 2
Name                        Director/PDMR   Number of shares     Sale price          Date of sale
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR            97,147               521.44p             21.12.06
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR            127,388              521.44p             21.12.06
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR            48,461               521.44p             21.12.06
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR            29,473               521.44p             21.12.06
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths    PDMR            23,096               521.44p             21.12.06

Sale of shares by employee trust

The Company also received notification that on 21 December 2006 the Trust
disposed of 97,147 ordinary shares of 25p each to satisfy the exercise of
options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.  Willie Walsh and Keith
Williams, executive directors of the Company, as well as other employees, are
potential beneficiaries of the trust. As such, they are deemed to be interested
in the shares held by the Trustee. Accordingly, the number of shares held by the
Trust in which the directors are interested decreased by 97,147 following the
disposal.

Neither Willie Walsh nor Keith Williams has sold shares personally.





This announcement is made following notifications under both section 324
Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Contact:

Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary

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