Director Shareholding

British Airways PLC
19 June 2002


19 June 2002


BRITISH AIRWAYS LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS


The Company has today notified Mr R I Eddington, Mr J F Rishton and Mr M A
Street, Directors of the Company, of conditional awards of ordinary share
options at nil cost under the British Airways Long Term Incentive Plan of
185,731, 79,599 and 107,901 respectively, which were formally granted to each of
them on 12 June 2002. The awards will vest at the end of the three year period
starting with the year of the award only if the performance of British Airways
measured by total shareholder return ('TSR') relative to other companies within
the FTSE 100 index is satisfactory. If the British Airways TSR performance
places the Company in the top ten per cent then all the share options awarded
will be granted; at the 75th percentile in the ranking only sixty-five per cent
of the share options awarded will be granted, whilst median performance will
deliver thirty per cent of the share options. No awards will vest for less than
median performance.


Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary



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