Holding in Company

British Airways PLC
13 June 2001

Letter to British Airways Plc
June 11, 2001

Enclosed are notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K. Companies Act
1985. Please note that while this information details the disclosable 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 were 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.

Letter from Patricia Bolen
Compliance Associate
Fidelity Investments



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)   FMR Corp.
            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 n  
            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), 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 (1)(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.
  

Schedule A
Security: British Airways Plc

                              MANAGEMENT 
                 SHARES HELD   COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                   3,853,222    FMRCO     HSBC
                      81,200    FMTC      State Street Nominees Ltd.
                     563,400    FMTC      HSBC
                      79,700    FMTC      Bank of New York - Europe
                      67,500    FMTC      Nortrust Nominees
                     125,600    FMTC      National Cities
                   5,926,733    FISL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) 
                                          Nominees Limited
                     110,500    FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd
                     986,600    FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                     120,600    FIL       Bankers Trust
                     341,381    FIL       Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) 
                                          Nominees Limited
                     150,200    FIL       State Street Nominees Ltd
                     129,900    FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                     236,500    FIL       NAB-Australia 
                     136,180    FIL       Northern Trust
                  21,187,137    FIL       HSBC
                      43,600    FIL       Citibank
                      14,500    FIL       National Australia Bank
                      63,900    FIL       Mellon Bank
                      20,800    FIL       Credit Suisse
                      28,100    FIL       KAS Associatie
                      14,000    FIL       RBS-EDINBURGH  
                      10,600    FIL       Deutsche Bank AG, London
                      33,100    FIL       JP Morgan

Total ordinary 
 shares           34,324,953 

The following shares are based on the assumed conversion of 9,400 ADRs
(10 shares per ADR)

                      94,000    FMRCo     HSBC

Total Ordinary Shares
and ADRs          34,418,953

Current ownership
percentage:             3.18%

Shares in 
 issue:        1,082,571,247