Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
31 August 2005



31 August 2005





BRITISH AIRWAYS PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN AWARDS



The Company has today notified the following Directors and Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR) of the Company of conditional awards of
ordinary shares of 25p each under the British Airways Performance Share Plan,
which were granted to each of them on 30 August, 2005:


Name                                 Role                  Number of shares in Award
William Walsh                        Director              319,149
John Rishton                         Director              124,113
Martin George                        Director              98,759
Robert Webb                          PDMR                  129,610
Roger Maynard                        PDMR                  84,397
Lloyd Cromwell Griffiths             PDMR                  76,702
Robert Boyle                         PDMR                  72,695
Paul Coby                            PDMR                  70,922
Neil Robertson                       PDMR                  67,376



The awards will vest at the end of the three-year performance period (starting
with the year of the award) only if the performance of British Airways satisfies
the relevant performance conditions over the single three-year performance
period.  The performance condition relating to one half of the award measures
the Company's total shareholder return ('TSR') against a group of 20 other
airline companies.  The other half of the award is conditional upon achievement
of a satisfactory average annual operating margin over the three-year
performance period.  The performance conditions are more fully described in the
Remuneration Report contained in the Annual Report and Accounts 2004/2005 a copy
of which can be accessed online at www.bashares.com.



No consideration is payable for the making or vesting of the awards.



Notification is made under section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.2.



Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary


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