New board members announced

British Airways PLC
13 May 2005

NEW BOARD MEMBERS ANNOUNCED


British Airways today announced several changes to its board of directors which
will take place during the Summer months.

Dr Ashok Ganguly and Lord Renwick of Clifton will not stand for re-election at
the company's annual general meeting (AGM) on 19 July, 2005, reflecting that
they have served nine years since first being elected to the board.

Martin Broughton, British Airways chairman, said 'I would like to thank both
Ashok and Robin for the wisdom and advice they have brought to the board in
their different ways over the years.'

Similarly reflecting the impact of the independence criteria for non-executive
directors in the new Combined Code, Captain Mike Jeffery, who as a former
employee of the company cannot be considered independent under the Code, will
also not stand for re-election at the AGM.  Mr Broughton paid tribute to the
excellent work Captain Jeffery has done during his three years as chairman of
the board's safety review committee.

The company announced also the decision of Mike Street OBE, its director of
customer service and operations, to retire at the end of September, 2005.

In order to preserve the balance between executive and non-executive directors
on the board, the company's commercial director, Martin George, will be
nominated for election as a director by shareholders at the AGM.

The board announced that it will nominate two candidates to serve as
non-executive directors of the company for election by shareholders at the AGM.
They are The Right Honourable the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean and Ken Smart
CBE.

Baroness Symons was Minister of State at the Foreign Office and Deputy Leader of
the House of Lords until her resignation from government on 5 May, 2005.  Prior
to her eight years in government, Liz Symons was general secretary of the
Association of First Division Civil Servants.  Ken Smart joined the Department
for Transport's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in 1975 becoming the
UK's Chief Inspector of Air Accidents and Head of the AAIB in September 1990
until his retirement in April 2005.  Ken will succeed Mike Jeffery as chairman
of the airline's safety review committee.

13 May, 2005                   048/IB/05


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