Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
19 June 2007


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 19 June
2007, in respect of the vesting of awards made on 16 June 2004 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                      44,817
Paul                   Coby                         PDMR                      38,280
Garrett                Copeland                     PDMR                      11,659
Lloyd                  Cromwell Griffiths           PDMR                      45,035
Gareth                 Kirkwood                     PDMR                      19,588
Roger                  Maynard                      PDMR                      49,539
Geoffrey               Want                         PDMR                      19,159
Robert                 Webb                         PDMR                      76,109
Keith                  Williams                     Director                  22,141


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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