Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
15 July 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                                                   31,741
Bank of Ireland                                                   272,815
Bank of Ireland                                                   714,235
Bank of Ireland                                                   482,702
Bank of Ireland                                                   699,960
Bank of Ireland                                                   47,344
Bank of New York                                                  26,094
Bank of New York                                                  40,054
Bank of New York                                                  2,935,358
Bank of New York                                                  414,297
Bank of New York                                                  2,118,298
Bank of New York                                                  2,202,378
Bank of New York                                                  246,808
Bank of New York                                                  244,152
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES                                         3,055,665
BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LIMITED                               1,000
Barclays Noms Monument R97                                        14,022
Barclays Trust & Co & Others                                      9,611
Barclays Trust Co R69                                             1,321
Barclayshare Nominees Limited                                     3,498
BNP PARIBAS                                                       314,463
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                            227,739
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                            502,444
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                          189,685
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                612,398
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                158,302
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                138,203
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                178,866
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                1,342,017
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                27,803,223
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                431,399
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                72,384
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                106,448
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                137,606
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                282,055
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                386,806
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                575,907
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                418,808
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                1,062,058
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                19,966
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                127,183
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES                                     185,207
Citibank                                                          273,994
Citibank                                                          259,175
Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125                                     4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125                                     347
Deutsche Bank London                                              11,505
Deutsche Bank London                                              1,412,369
HSBC                                                              611,671
HSBC                                                              88,785
HSBC                                                              27,419
HSBC Nominees                                                     264,607
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        211,071
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        6,110
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        80,975
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        30,354
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        100,345
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        121,427
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,211,672
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        113,490
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        2,729,024
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        715,328
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        7,855
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,444,239
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        643,920
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        3,159,633
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        30,438
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        105,957
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        5,686
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        67,162
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        9,268,325
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           14,653
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           1,806
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           8,042
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           344,299
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           33,830
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           993,088
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           601,617
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           65,109
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           359,389
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           610,924
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           11,722,430
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           217,610
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           137,798
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           395,916
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           90,392
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           8,768
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           23,014
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           6,913
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           85,118
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           268,607
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           623,982
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           14,786
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           3,343,978
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           665,479
JPM Frankfurt                                                     659,100
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               16,979
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               93,834
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,092,458
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               70,271
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               72,048
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               373,472
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               16,946
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,274
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               8,042
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               20,917
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               5,393
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,806
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               33,941
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               14,653
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               76,296
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               15,353
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               289,134
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               56,496
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               21,008
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               109,911
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               707,541
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               537,359
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               614,853
KAS Associates                                                    85,326
Master Trust Bank                                                 22,106
Mellon                                                            89,987
Mellon Bank                                                       2,482,425
MELLON                                                            110,806
Mellon                                                            74,772
Mellon Trust Boston & SF                                          463,307
Mellon Trust Boston & SF                                          73,654
Mellon Trust of New England                                       585,368
Midland Bank (HSBC Bank PLC)                                      1,692,731
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL                                    12,920
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL                                    3,742
Nordea Bank                                                       28,257
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               76,461
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               31,590
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               259,966
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               138,163
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               227,220
NORTHERN TRUST BANK                                               1,289,061
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    640,694
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    155,542
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    690,740
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        32,905
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        8,475
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        47,727
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                        8,854
Reflex Nominees Limited                                           393
Reflex Nominees Limited                                           2,819
STATE STREET                                                      8,808
STATE STREET                                                      118,007
STATE STREET                                                      534,977
STATE STREET                                                      11,123
STATE STREET                                                      218,764
STATE STREET                                                      7,711
STATE STREET                                                      31,785
STATE STREET                                                      22,894
STATE STREET                                                      16,392
STATE STREET BOSTON                                               47,907
STATE STREET BOSTON                                               353,941
STATE STREET TRUST OF Canada                                      211,071
Sumitomo TB                                                       5,831
UBS                                                               15,385
Zeban Nominees Limited                                            82,743
TOTAL                                                             108,437,899



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


42,905,801



6. Percentage of issued class


3.79%



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


14 July 2005



12. Total holding following this notification


108,437,899



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


9.58%



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


15 July 2005



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