Director Shareholding

British Airways PLC
16 June 2004


16 June 2004



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
166,618, 90,882 and 96,941 respectively, which were formally granted to each of
them today.  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 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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