Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
19 October 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                                                   251,559
Bank of Ireland                                                   702,259
Bank of Ireland                                                   514,157
Bank of Ireland                                                   723,945
Bank of Ireland                                                   138,732
Bank of New York                                                  22,403
Bank of New York                                                  464,972
Bank of New York                                                  80,378
Bank of New York                                                  2,566,319
Bank of New York                                                  366,127
Bank of New York                                                  2,203,544
Bank of New York                                                  2,588,464
Bank of New York                                                  246,808
Bank of New York                                                  249,787
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES                                         1,154,784
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                  26,113
Barclays Noms Monument R97                                        16,136
Barclays Trust & Co & Others                                      970
Barclays Trust Co R69                                             1,729
Barclayshare Nominees Limited                                     3,560
BNP PARIBAS                                                       330,524
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                            227,739
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                            520,871
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                          189,685
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                611,028
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                154,688
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                138,203
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                178,866
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                1,162,445
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                27,537,440
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                443,704
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                68,469
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                98,433
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                131,839
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                263,131
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                386,806
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                582,077
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                418,393
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                957,714
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                25,132
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                311,630
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES                                     194,581
Citibank                                                          92,234
Citibank                                                          281,983
Citibank                                                          266,116
Citibank                                                          28,877
Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125                                     4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125                                     347
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT                                    44,253
Deutsche Bank London                                              11,505
Deutsche Bank London                                              1,726,595
Gerrard Ltd Safe Custody a/c                                      590
Gerrard Ltd Safe Custody a/c                                      950
Greig Middleton Nominees Limit                                    51,577
Greig Middleton Nominees Limit                                    14,437
HSBC                                                              690,422
HSBC                                                              31,108
IBT                                                               894,194
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        108,252
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        119,255
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        63,936
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        5,114
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        44,611
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        2,757,101
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        30,976
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        312,770
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        6,110
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        95,391
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,509,524
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        298,390
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        9,811,031
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        3,766,768
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        614,467
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,474,322
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,317,328
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           90,592
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           13,856
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           53,216
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           320,553
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           32,023
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           587,806
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           1,001,724
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           69,381
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           362,961
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           610,924
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           11,470,766
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           192,654
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           137,798
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           395,916
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           90,392
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           22,707
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           6,913
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           71,663
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           268,607
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           566,528
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           23,937
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           3,236,864
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           674,935
JPM Frankfurt                                                     659,100
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,536,932
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               86,376
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               16,979
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               34,833
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               537,359
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               793,870
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               74,102
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               982,654
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               5,393
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               334,119
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               90,592
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               76,296
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               56,496
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               72,048
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               21,008
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               17,206
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               72,839
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               11,468
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               94,171
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               289,134
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               48,141
KAS Associates                                                    131,191
Master Trust Bank                                                 68,077
Mellon                                                            85,667
Mellon Bank                                                       2,610,121
MELLON                                                            117,005
Mellon Trust - US Custodian                                       467,584
Mellon Trust  - US Custodian                                      41,695
Mellon Trust of New England                                       570,664
Midland Bank (HSBC Bank PLC)                                      1,707,160
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL                                    41,498
Mitsui Asset                                                      6,784
Nordea Bank                                                       107,671
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               13,258
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               31,590
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               259,966
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               227,034
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               231,994
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               1,397,336
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    727,572
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    160,504
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    631,280
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        164,341
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        192,020
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        119,902
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        67,401
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        28,127
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        20,458
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        3,738
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        8,475
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        54,236
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        37,823
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        13,827
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        7,273
Reflex Nominees Limited                                           393
Reflex Nominees Limited                                           2,819
STATE STREET                                                      119,250
STATE STREET                                                      529,915
STATE STREET                                                      342,907
STATE STREET                                                      17,362
STATE STREET                                                      199,612
STATE STREET                                                      16,867
STATE STREET                                                      27,424
STATE STREET                                                      22,894
STATE STREET                                                      569,804
STATE STREET BOSTON                                               39,024
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI                                    459,993
STATE STREET BOSTON                                               40,351
STATE STREET BOSTON                                               326,732
STATE STREET TRUST OF Canada                                      221,002
Sumitomo TB                                                       23,138
UBS                                                               17,642
UBS                                                               426,136
Zeban Nominees Limited                                            71,312
TOTAL                                                             113,798,872



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


5,360,973



6. Percentage of issued class


0.47%



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


19 October 2005



12. Total holding following this notification


113,798,872



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


10.06%



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


19 October 2005



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