Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
09 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


British Airways Plc




2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Barclays PLC



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


As above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


Bank of Ireland - 75,784
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD - 958,517
BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LIMITED - 2,000,000
Barclays Trust & Co & Others - 648
Barclays Trust Co R69 - 1,046
BNP PARIBAS - 122,181
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 612,398
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 10,309,723
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES - 72,975
Clydesdale Nominees - 4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - 300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 133,569
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 1,083,536
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 101,990
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 7,028
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 1,197,802
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 531,253
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 34,578
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 796,449
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 13,952
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,793,691
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 3,474,843
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 129,494
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 30,3541
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 620,742
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 62,300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,110
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 352,682
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 35,124
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 706,425
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 631,158
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 65,109
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 288,575
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 473,680
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 11,804,929
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 8,768
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 31,028
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 15,962
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 58,338
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 16,827
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 68,889
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 12,032
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 7,308
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 69,952
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 290,347
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 22,850
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,762
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 391,792
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 536,492
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -384,789
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -23,796
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 498,107
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 1,355
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 34,396
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 286,413
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 90,813
Master Trust Bank - 4,816
Mellon Trust - Boston - 185,155
Mellon Trust - Boston - 79,651
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND - 231,764
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,913
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 288,081
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 61,682
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 251,086
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 37,788
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 10,255
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 51,756
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 7,873
Reflex Nominees Limited - 393
Reflex Nominees Limited - 2,819
STATE STREET - 8,597
STATE STREET BOSTON - 452,213
STATE STREET BOSTON - 46,667
Sumitomo TB - 1,861
Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban - 8,987
TOTAL - 44,149,801



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


7,564,691



6. Percentage of issued class


0.70%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/a



8. Percentage of issued class


N/a



9. Class of security


ordinary shares of 25p



10. Date of transaction


Not known



11. Date company informed


8 March 2005



12. Total holding following this notification


44,149,801



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


4.08%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Alan Buchanan, 020 8738 5119



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary



Date of notification


9 March 2005



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