July Traffic Statistics

British Airways PLC
3 August 2001



                 TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - JULY 2001

Summary of the headline figures

Capacity in July, measured in Available Seat Kilometres, was 9.1 per cent
below July 2000. Traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, fell 9.7
per cent. The reduction in traffic comprised an 11.0 per cent decline in
premium traffic and a 9.5 per cent fall in non-premium traffic. Passenger load
factor of 77.4 per cent was down 0.6 points on July 2000. Cargo, measured in
Cargo Tonne Kilometres, fell by 15.5 per cent.


Market conditions

In spite of challenging market conditions, seat factors are holding up during
the busy holiday travel season. Business travel volumes continue to be weak
but market share gains continue.


Strategic developments

Concorde completed two verification flights to assess the operational impact
of the modifications it has undergone. The results will be submitted to the
airworthiness authorities.




August 3, 2001

BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

                          Month of July            Financial year to date
                                                     April through July
BRITISH AIRWAYS                         Change                      Change
SCHEDULED SERVICES          2001   2000    (%)      2001    2000       (%)
Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe                   2810   2692   +4.4     10236   10021      +2.1
Americas                     682    810  -15.7      2532    3054     -17.1
Asia Pacific                 170    202  -15.9       602     755     -20.2
Africa and Middle East       271    270   +0.3       961     954      +0.7
Total                       3933   3973   -1.0     14332   14783      -3.1
Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe                   2312   2311   +0.0      8407    8473      -0.8
Americas                    4645   5529  -16.0     17221   20827     -17.3
Asia Pacific                1701   1976  -13.9      5993    7343     -18.4
Africa and Middle East      1809   1774   +1.9      6461    6239      +3.6
Total                      10467  11591   -9.7     38083   42881     -11.2
Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe                   3274   3170   +3.3     12624   12358      +2.1
Americas                    5808   6755  -14.0     22846   26457     -13.6
Asia Pacific                2055   2415  -14.9      8211    9748     -15.8
Africa and Middle East      2380   2529   -5.9      9426    9753      -3.3
Total                      13517  14869   -9.1     53107   58317      -8.9
Passenger load factor (%)
UK/Europe                   70.6   72.9   -2.3 pts  66.6    68.6      -2.0 pts
Americas                    80.0   81.9   -1.9 pts  75.4    78.7      -3.3 pts
Asia Pacific                82.8   81.9   +0.9 pts  73.0    75.3      -2.3 pts
Africa and Middle East      76.0   70.2   +5.8 pts  68.5    64.0      +4.5 pts
Total                       77.4   78.0   -0.6 pts  71.7    73.5      -1.8 pts
Revenue tonne km (RTK) (m)
Cargo tonne km (CTK)         355    419  -15.5      1448    1617     -10.5
Total RTK                   1397   1579  -11.5      5224    5893     -11.4
Available tonne km (m)      2056   2182   -5.8      8059    8519      -5.4
Overall load factor (%)     68.0   72.4   -4.4 pts  64.8    69.2      -4.4 pts



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