Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
02 June 2006




British Airways Plc ('the Company'): Employee Share Plans - Announcement of
transactions in ordinary shares of 25p each



The Company announced that a grant of nil priced options was made on 1 June 2006
in respect of the vesting of awards made on 9 June 2003 under the British
Airways Long Term Incentive Plan 1996 to executive directors ('director') and
persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMR') as detailed in the table
below.



No consideration is payable for the grant of the option.



Name                                                Director/PDMR             Number of shares subject
                                                                              to option

Robert                 Boyle                        PDMR                      45,335
Paul                   Coby                         PDMR                      82,574
Lloyd                  Cromwell Griffiths           PDMR                      97,147
Martin                 George                       Director                  123,862
Roger                  Maynard                      PDMR                      106,861
Alan                   McDonald                     PDMR                      92,289
Neil                   Robertson                    PDMR                      80,146
Geoffrey               Want                         PDMR                      40,931
Robert                 Webb                         PDMR                      164,177
Keith                  Williams                     Director                  46,631







The grant took place at Waterside, PO Box 365, Harmondsworth UB7 0GB



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









Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary




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