Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
27 November 2006

                              British Airways Plc

  Employee share schemes: Announcement of transactions in shares and change in
                              directors' interests

On 27 November 2006 the Company received notification from Computershare Trustee
(CI) Limited, the trustee of the British Airways Employee Benefits Trustees
(Jersey) Limited (the 'Trust') that on 24 November 2006 the Trust had purchased
2,500,000 ordinary shares of 25p each at a price of 491.02p per share.

The executive directors of the Company, Willie Walsh and Keith Williams, as well
as other employees of the Company, are potential beneficiaries of the Trust. As
such, they are deemed to be interested in the shares held by the Trust.
Accordingly, the number of shares in which the directors are interested
increased by 2,500,000.

Neither Willie Walsh nor Keith Williams has purchased shares personally.

This announcement is made under Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 and
Disclosure Rule 3.1.4.

Contact
Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary
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