Holding in Company

British Airways PLC
17 December 2001


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

1. Company in which shares are held: British Airways

2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares + ADRs

(A) FMR Corp.

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, MA 02109


                Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research
                Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (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.



By Eric D. Roiter

Senior V.P. & General Counsel - FMR Co.
Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on
behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Schedule A

Security: British Airways Plc

                            SHARES HELD  MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                                          COMPANY
(Ordinary Shares)
                               5,072,300   FMRCO               HBSC
                               3,707,000   FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited
                                 152,200   FMRCO      State Street Nominees
                                                             Limited
                               4,768,009    FISL      Chase Nominees Limited
                                 327,922    FIL       Chase Nominees Limited
                              18,728,133    FIL                HBSC

Total ordinary shares         32,755,564

The following shares are based on the assumed conversion of 7,500 ADRs (10
shares per ADR)

                                  75,000   FMRCo               HBSC


Total Ordinary Shares and     32,830,564
ADRs

Current ownership                  3.03%
percentage:

Shares in issue:           1,082,742,850