Holding in Company

British Airways PLC
28 August 2001


Letter to British Airways Plc dated 24 August 2001


Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.
Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details the
disposable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely
for purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that any
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The Interest detailed herein was acquired solely for investment purposes. For
disclosure purposes holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.

From Fidelity Investments
 
  
Amendment NO 3

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:      British Airways
2. Notifiable Interest:                   Ordinary Shares

(A)   FMRCorp.
      82 Devonshire Street.
      Boston, MA 02109

Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company
(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager
of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered
Shareholders and their holdings.)

(B)   Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
      P.O. Box HM 670 
      Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),
investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their
holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

      Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
      82 Devonshire Street
      Boston, MA 02109

A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (i)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate             
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the      
   purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR     
   Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International       
   Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 
   act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that  
   they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4)(b) of the Act, namely  
   where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a   
   right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of   
   such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
 
From FMR Corp 

Schedule A
Security: British Airways Plc                                    Amendment NO 3



           SHARES    MANAGEMENT
             HELD       COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
Ordinary
Shares
       10,913,400         FMRCO    HSBC
          815,600         FMRCO    CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED
           40,200         FMRCO    STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED
           81,200          FMTC    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
          655,800          FMTC    HSBC
           88,200          FMTC    BANK OF NEW YORK-EUROPE
           67,500          FMTC    NORTRUST NOMINEES
          136,300          FMTC    NATIONAL CITIES
           13,500           FPM    NORDEAU
        6,033,209          FISL    CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LTD
           90,300           FIL    CHASE NOMINEES LTD
        1,107,470           FIL    NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
          421,990           FIL    BANKERS TRUST
          369,812           FIL    CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LTD   

          460,130           FIL    STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
          498,880           FIL    RBS TRUST BANK
          136,180           FIL    NORTHERN TRUST
       21,098,292           FIL    HSBC
           43,600           FIL    CITIBANK
          254,200           FIL    NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
          196,840           FIL    MELLON BANK
           20,800           FIL    CREDIT SUISSE
           79,260           FIL    KAS ASSOCIATE
           74,830           FIL    RBS-EDINBURG
           10,600           FIL    DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON
          133,150           FIL    JP MORGAN

Total Ordinary Shares   43,841,243

The following shares are based on the assumed conversion of 8,600 ADRs (10
shares per ADR)      

           86,000         FMRCO    HSBC

Total Ordinary Shares and ADRs                         43,927,243
Current Ownership Percentage:                               4.06%
Shares in issue:                                    1,082,631,376
Change in holdings since last filing:    +625,000 ordinary shares