Traffic&Capacity - March

British Airways PLC
5 April 2000
                                                                      
                                                                    
             TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS - MARCH 2000

Summary of the headline figures
Premium  traffic rose by 8.5 per cent in March, representing  the  9th
consecutive  month of growth over last year. Premium traffic  for  the
year ending 31 March 2000 rose by 4 per cent.

Capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres fell by 1.2 per cent in
March with Revenue Passenger Kilometres falling by 4.0 per cent.  This
caused the seat factor to fall by 2.1 points. In terms of traffic  mix
by cabin, premium traffic rose by 8.5 per cent in the month, with non-
premium  traffic  falling by 6.1 per cent. Due to the  timing  of  the
Easter holiday, business traffic has been relatively stronger than  in
March  1999, with leisure travel correspondingly weaker. Cargo traffic
was  again  strong, with Cargo Tonne Kilometres up 9.4 per cent.  This
helped  to  raise the overall load factor by 0.7 points, to  69.1  per
cent.

For  the  full  financial year, ASKs rose by 0.6 per cent,  with  RPKs
falling  by  0.7 per cent. Premium traffic rose by 4.0 per cent,  with
non premium traffic falling by 1.6 per cent.

Market conditions
Trading  conditions are unchanged, with the positive trend in  premium
traffic  seen in recent months expected to continue. April  will  also
show  some  distortion as a result of the Easter  holiday,  with  more
leisure travel in the week before and after the holiday week-end.  The
beneficial effect on yield of a higher mix of premium passengers  seen
in the December quarter has continued through the final quarter of the
financial year.

Costs
At  the end of March, the value of the yen stood at Yen 163.60 to  the
pound,  compared to Yen 165.20 at the end of December 1999. The  Group
will therefore have a non-cash accounting charge of £9 million in  the
fourth quarter financial results.

Strategic developments
British Airways paid the second and final instalment of its investment
in Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana. This completes the acquisition of 9
per  cent of the shares in Iberia, at a total of Ptas41 billion  (£155
million).  If  the price of the shares in Iberia offered  through  its
public  flotation  is less, the sum paid by British  Airways  will  be
reduced accordingly.

British Airways and Cathay Pacific signed a code-share agreement, such
that  Cathay  Pacific's CX code is being carried on  British  Airways'
flights  linking London Heathrow with Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow  and
Manchester.  Code-sharing  began on March  26  and  provides  smoother
connections  to  and  from  Cathay  Pacific's  twice-daily  Hong  Kong
services.

Also  from  March  26, code-sharing between British  Airways  and  Aer
Lingus  began.  The  BA prefix has been added to  Aer  Lingus  flights
between  Dublin and Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh,
Glasgow,  Manchester and Newcastle, and between Cork  and  Birmingham.
Aer  Lingus'  EI code is added to CityFlyer Express' services  between
Gatwick  and  Dublin,  and  British Airways mainline  flights  between
Heathrow  and  Berlin, Bologna, Copenhagen, Munich, Nice,  Venice  and
Vienna.

The oneworld alliance governing board confirmed that Canadian Airlines
International  will  cease to participate in  the  alliance  or  offer
customer  benefits  from  1  June, 2000. The  oneworld  airlines  will
continue  to provide services to seven Canadian cities with  64  daily
flights.

British  Airways  announced that it is to  roll  out  a  free  on-line
information  service  for leisure and business travel  agencies.  This
will  give the UK travel trade extranet capability, allowing the agent
to  view product and service information, special promotions, training
information  and an on-line service to enable agents to  talk  to  the
trade  query  centre. Following the success of the trial  period,  the
roll-out will be implemented from May.

Destinations in Japan, South Africa and Europe were added to the  list
of  destinations on which e-ticket travel is available. E-tickets  are
now  valid  on  services to Tokyo, Cape Town, Johannesburg,  Budapest,
Prague,  Istanbul and Warsaw. This follows the success  of  ticketless
travel to 14 European countries and 22 US destinations. More than one-
third  of  travellers to these destinations take advantage of  the  e-
ticketing,  with nearly 40 per cent of passengers on domestic  flights
using this service.

April 5, 2000

BRITISH AIRWAYS MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS


                         Month of March                 Financial year to date
                                                    April through March
BRITISH AIRWAYS MAINLINE               Change                        Change
SCHEDULED SERVICES 2000  1999    (%)     1999/2000  1998/1999 (%)

Passengers carried (000)
UK/Europe          1921  2021     -5.0   23063      23773    -3.0
Intercontinental   1137  1180     -3.7   13282      13317    -0.3
Total              3058  3202     -4.5   36346      37090    -2.0

Revenue passenger km (m)
UK/Europe          1718  1794     -4.3   20835      21373    -2.5
Intercontinental   8197  8538     -4.0   96625      96940    -0.3
Total              9915  10332    -4.0   117460    118312    -0.7

Available seat km (m)
UK/Europe          2776  2812     -1.3   33126      32764    +1.1
Intercontinental   11189 11320    -1.2   135232    134530    +0.5
Total              13964 14132    -1.2   168359    167294    +0.6

Passenger load factor (%)
UK/Europe          61.9  63.8     -1.9pts  62.9    65.2      -2.3pts
Intercontinental   73.3  75.4     -2.1pts  71.5    72.1      -0.6pts
Total              71.0  73.1     -2.1pts  69.8    70.7      -0.9pts

Revenue tonne km (RTK)(m)
Cargo tonne km (CTK)398   363     +9.4     4537    4275      +6.1
Total RTK          1398  1391     +0.5    16256   16077      +1.1
Available tonne    2022  2032     -0.5    24397   23980      +1.7
km(m)

Overall load       69.1  68.4     +0.7pts  66.6    67.0      -0.4pts
factor (%)


TOTAL GROUP SCHEDULED SERVICES
(including Deutsche BA, Air Liberte and Cityflyer Express wef 5.11.1999)

Passengers         3816  3793     +0.6    43864    43723     +0.3
carried (000)
Revenue passenger 10554 10877     -3.0   124157   124283     -0.1
km(m)
Available seat    14921 14942     -0.1   178406   176397     +1.1
km(m)
Total RTK (m)      1461  1446     +1.0    16926    16685     +1.4
Available tonne    2114  2111     +0.2    25363    24863     +2.0
km(m)
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