Fuel surcharge reduction

British Airways PLC
11 January 2007



LONGHAUL FUEL SURCHARGE REDUCED ON MANY ROUTES



British Airways is to reduce its fuel surcharge on its shorter longhaul routes
from tomorrow (Friday January 12, 2007) as a result of a fall in the price of
oil.



As a result, the fuel surcharge on tickets sold in the UK for longhaul flights
scheduled at under nine hours in duration will be reduced from £35 per sector to
£30 per sector (£60 return trip).

The fuel surcharge on longer-range services, will remain at £35 per sector (£70
return trip) to reflect the higher fuel consumption on these flights.



The shorthaul fuel surcharge will remain unchanged at £8 per sector (£16 a
return trip).



Robert Boyle, British Airways' commercial director, said: 'The cost of oil has
reduced in recent weeks and therefore we believe that it is right that our
customers benefit from lower prices on shorter flights.



'Reducing the fuel surcharge on some of our longhaul flights means that the
amount customers pay better reflects the cost of fuel to BA for their specific
flight.



'Despite the recent drop in oil price, our fuel costs remain a real burden.  It
is our second largest cost after employee costs.'



The reduced fuel surcharge on certain longhaul flights will apply to tickets
issued from Friday January 12, 2007.



British Airways will also reduce its fuel surcharges by equivalent levels in all
markets.

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January 12, 2007
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Notes to editors:



History of fuel surcharges on all British Airways' flights booked in the UK
since May 2004.



May 13, 2004: Introduced a £2.50 per sector surcharge on longhaul and shorthaul.
  For all flights booked outside the UK the airline introduced a fuel surcharge
of USD $4 per sector.



August 11, 2004: Surcharge increased to £6 per sector on longhaul. Shorthaul
remained at £2.50.  Outside the UK, the longhaul fuel surcharge increased to
USD$10 per sector with shorthaul remaining at USD $4.



October 14, 2004: Surcharge increased from £6 to £10 per sector on longhaul and
from £2.50 to £4 per sector on shorthaul. Equivalent rises in other markets
outside the UK.



March 22, 2005: Surcharge increased from £10 to £16 per sector on longhaul and
from £4 to £6 per sector on shorthaul. Equivalent rises in other markets outside
the UK.



June 27, 2005: Surcharge increased from £16 to £24 per sector on longhaul and
from £6 to £8 per sector on shorthaul. Equivalent rises in other markets outside
the UK.



September 12, 2005:  Surcharge increased from £24 per sector on longhaul to £30
per sector.  Shorthaul remained unchanged at £8 per sector.  Equivalent rises in
other markets outside the UK.



April 18, 2006: Surcharge increased from £30 per sector on longhaul to £35 per
sector. Shorthaul remain unchanged at £8 per sector. Equivalent rises in other
markets outside the UK.



Timings based on planned scheduled times for flights departing the UK.



Flights based on departures from London Heathrow and Gatwick or Manchester
unless otherwise stated.


















Destinations less than nine hours                  Destinations over nine hours
USA

Atlanta                                            Dallas Fort Worth
Bermuda                                            Houston
Boston                                             Orlando
Baltimore                                          Tampa
Detroit                                            Denver
New York (Newark and JFK)                          Los Angeles
Washington DC                                      Miami
Chicago                                            Phoenix
Philadelphia                                       Seattle
                                                   San Francisco
Canada

Montreal                                           Vancouver

Toronto                                            Calgary

Caribbean and Latin America

Antigua                                            Grenada

Barbados                                           Kingston

                                                   Tobago

                                                   St Lucia

                                                   Buenos Aires

                                                   Grand Cayman

                                                   Port of Spain

                                                   Rio de Janeiro

                                                   Sao Paulo

                                                   Mexico

                                                   Nassau

                                                   Turks and Caicos

Africa

Cairo                                              Cape Town

Abuja                                              Dar es Salaam

Accra                                              Harare

Entebbe                                            Johannesburg

Luanda                                             Lusaka

Lagos                                              Mauritius

Nairobi

Middle East

Abu Dhabi

Bahrain

Doha

Dubai

Kuwait

Muscat

Tel Aviv

South Asia

Bombay                                             Bangalore

Delhi                                              Calcutta

Islamabad                                          Dhaka

                                                   Chennai

Far East and South West Pacific

Singapore-Sydney                                   Bangkok-Sydney

                                                   Hong Kong

                                                   Narita

                                                   Beijing

                                                   Shanghai

                                                   Heathrow-Bangkok

                                                   Heathrow-Singapore

                                                   Heathrow-Sydney









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