Jan 01- Stats

British Airways PLC
5 February 2001



                TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - JANUARY 2001

Summary of the headline figures

Capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, fell by 5.0 per cent in
January. Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, rose by 2.6 per
cent comprising 5.5 per cent growth in premium traffic and 2.1 per cent growth
in non-premium traffic. Passenger load factor of 65.7 per cent was 4.8 points
better than January 2000. Cargo, measured in Revenue Tonne Kilometres,
decreased by 5.0 per cent.

Market conditions

Trading conditions continue to be satisfactory with lower industry growth
levels. British Airways' 9 per cent capacity cut for the year 2001/02 will
leave the business less volume dependant and better able to respond to and
withstand any slowdown in economic growth which may occur.

Costs

The price of fuel has fallen, and while this year's reported fuel costs are
still expected to be some £270 million higher than last year, we now expect
fuel costs for 2001/02 to be less than £100 million higher than the year
ending March 2001.

Strategic developments

British Airways began modifying its Concordes, with the expectation of
resuming services later this year. More than £30m will be spent on the
aircraft, with £17 million spent on safety-related modifications and £14
million, announced in January 2000, spent on upgrading the onboard product.

British Airways announced cuts in many of its UK-sold fares, effective from
April 1. The adjustments to fares reflects the changes in payments to UK
travel agents, following the introduction of the new agents' remuneration
scheme.

British Airways announced the launch of its new Value Pass, which enables
passengers to buy full fare domestic and Club Europe e-tickets in bulk and
obtain a 10-18 per cent discount in return for payment in advance.

British Airways has introduced a facility which allows its frequent flyers to
use their WAP phones to check-in and select their seats for flights out of the
UK. The service is now available to all Gold and Silver Card Executive Club
members, and will be available to Blue Card holders in the summer.

British Airways unveiled a new system to improve the way the airline keeps
track of baggage and reunites passengers with misplaced luggage. The Journey
Baggage Service uses information from computer systems around the world to
pinpoint the whereabouts of baggage, and this will be the single source of
information from which Customer Service staff can trace missing baggage.

British Airways and its alliance partner Iberia announced the expansion of
their code-sharing agreement to cover four destinations in Spain served by
Iberia subsidiary Air Nostrum. From February 1, the BA code will be added to
Air Nostrum/Iberia flights between their Madrid hub and the regional cities of
Almeria, Murcia, Pamplona and Zaragoza.

British Airways announced that it is to operate the first scheduled service
from the UK to the Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean. A weekly service, flying
on Sundays from Gatwick, will begin on June 3 and will be operated with a
Boeing 767 in a three-class configuration.

February 5, 2001

BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
                               Month of                  Financial year to
                               January                          date
                                                           April through
                                                              January
BRITISH AIRWAYS MAINLINE               Change                        Change
SCHEDULED SERVICES        2001   2000     (%)      2000/  1999/2000     (%)
                                                    2001
Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe                 1561   1492    +4.7      19579      19501    +0.4
Americas                   549    534    +2.7       6992       6985    +0.1
Asia Pacific               167    167    +0.1       1817       1864    -2.5
Africa and Middle East     258    244    +5.8       2495       2354    +6.0
Total                     2535   2437    +4.0      30883      30704    +0.6
Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe                 1349   1327    +1.6      17543      17675    -0.7
Americas                  3792   3719    +2.0      47795      47787    +0.0
Asia Pacific              1691   1692    -0.0      17955      18117    -0.9
Africa and Middle East    1737   1617    +7.4      16483      15445    +6.7
Total                     8569   8354    +2.6      99776      99024    +0.8
Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe                 2645   2714    -2.6      26822      27750    -3.3
Americas                  5747   6042    -4.9      63495      65544    -3.1
Asia Pacific              2202   2443    -9.9      23329      24472    -4.7
Africa and Middle East    2444   2521    -3.1      24373      23578    +3.4
Total                    13038  13720    -5.0     138019     141345    -2.4
Passenger load factor
(%)
UK/Europe                 51.0   48.9    +2.1 pts   65.4       63.7    +1.7 pts
Americas                  66.0   61.5    +4.5 pts   75.3       72.9    +2.4 pts
Asia Pacific              76.8   69.3    +7.5 pts   77.0       74.0    +3.0 pts
Africa and Middle East    71.1   64.1    +7.0 pts   67.6       65.5    +2.1 pts
Total                     65.7   60.9    +4.8 pts   72.3       70.1    +2.2 pts
Revenue tonne km (RTK)
(m)
Cargo tonne km (CTK)       324    341    -5.0       4000       3761    +6.3
Total RTK                 1191   1186    +0.5      13998      13642    +2.6
Available tonne km (m)    1928   1964    -1.8      20482      20485    -0.0
Overall load factor (%)   61.8   60.4    +1.4 pts   68.3       66.6    +1.7 pts
NON-MAINLINE SERVICES
Passengers carried (000)   522    764   -31.7       6417       7578   -15.3
Revenue passenger km (m)   363    746   -51.4       4791       7092   -32.4
Available seat km (m)      696   1203   -42.2       7309      10859   -32.7
Revenue tonne km (RTK)      31     73   -57.0        429        698   -38.6
(000)
Available tonne km          66    117   -43.7        730       1051   -30.6
TOTAL GROUP SCHEDULED SERVICES
(including Deutsche BA, Go, Air Liberte (1999) &
Cityflyer Express w.e.f. 5.11.1999 for vlys)
Passengers carried (000)  3057   3201    -4.5      37300      38281    -2.6
Revenue passenger km (m)  8932   9101    -1.9     104568     106116    -1.5
Available seat km (m)    13734  14924    -8.0     145328     152204    -4.5
Total RTK (m)             1223   1259    -2.9      14427      14341    +0.6
Available tonne km (m)    1994   2081    -4.2      21211      21537    -1.5

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