Director/PDMR Shareholding

British Airways PLC
23 November 2006

                      British Airways Plc (the 'Company')

 Employee Share Schemes - Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares of 25p
                                     each.

Exercise of options

The Company announces that on 22 and 23 November 2006 it was notified that, on
21 and 22 November 2006, options to acquire ordinary shares of 25p each in the
capital of the Company granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 1996
and Share Option Plan 1999 had been exercised by executive directors and/or
persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMR') as detailed in the table
below.

Table 1
Name                       Director/PDMR              Number of shares           Option price
Geoffrey Want              PDMR                       40,931                     Nil cost
Gareth Kirkwood            PDMR                       31,152                     321p
Gareth Kirkwood            PDMR                       26,315                     380p
Gareth Kirkwood            PDMR                       15,678                     394p
Gareth Kirkwood            PDMR                       100,050                    157p



The Company also received notification that the directors and/or PDMRs listed
below each sold ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company on the
London Stock Exchange as set out in the following table:

Table 2
Name                 Director/PDMR            Number of shares      Sale price           Date of sale
Geoffrey Want        PDMR                     40,931                483.15p              21.11.06
Gareth Kirkwood      PDMR                     173,195               492.250p             22.11.06

Purchase and sale of shares by employee trust

The Company also announces that on 22 November 2006 it was notified that
Computershare Trustee (CI) Limited, the trustee of the British Airways Employee
Benefits Trustees (Jersey) Limited (the 'Trust'), had purchased 215,952 ordinary
shares of 25p at prices ranging from 479p to 490.25p each on the London Stock
Exchange.  The executive directors of the Company named below, as well as other
employees of the Company, are potential beneficiaries of the trust. As such, the
number of shares in which the directors are interested increased by 215,952.

The Company also received notification that on 20 to 22 November 2006 the Trust
disposed of 215,952 ordinary shares of 25p each to satisfy the exercise of
options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.  Willie Walsh and Keith
Williams, executive directors of the Company, as well as other employees, are
potential beneficiaries of the trust. As such, they are deemed to be interested
in the shares held by the Trustee. Accordingly, the number of shares held by the
Trust in which the directors are interested decreased by 215,952 following the
disposal.



This announcement is made following notifications under both section 324
Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

Contact:

Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary

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