Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
16 May 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):



British Airways Plc



2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket
/s):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X)



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (    )



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )



Other (please specify) : (  )



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Deutsche Bank AG.....



4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):



5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):



10/05/2007



6. Date on which issuer notified:

15/05/2007



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%



8. Notified details:

.................



A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares if possible           Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
using the ISIN CODE
                                  Number of shares                   Number of voting Rights (viii)


Ordinary Shares 25p GB0001290575  33,641,748                         33,641,748

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if      Number of shares         Number of voting rights (ix)      % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
                             Direct                   Direct (x)   Indirect (xi)        Direct      Indirect


                             34,699,980               34,699,980                        3.01%



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of         Expiration Date       Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial       (xiii)                Period/ Date (xiv)        that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                      instrument is exercised/
                                                                converted.


Call Option     June 2007                                       2,700,000                   0.23%
Call Option     September 2007                                  1,088,000                   0.10%



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights        % of voting rights


38,487,980                     3.34%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):





Proxy Voting:



10. Name of the proxy holder:

.................



11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

.................



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

.................



13. Additional information:

Please note that this is the first disclosure made on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG
and its subsidiary companies in relation to holdings in British Airways Plc
since the implementation of the Disclosure and Transparency rules in the UK.



14. Contact name:
David Lindsay/Andrew Anderson



15. Contact telephone number:

+00 44 207 545 8533/8532

.................







---------------------------------

Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary

British Airways Plc

020 8738 5119


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