Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
24 April 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


British Airways Plc




2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Barclays PLC



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


As above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


BANK OF IRELAND                                                   248,969
BANK OF IRELAND                                                   802,472
BANK OF IRELAND                                                   495,733
BANK OF IRELAND                                                   763,076
BANK OF IRELAND                                                   182,082
BANK OF IRELAND                                                   586,345
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                                  529,366
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                                  3,902,351
Bank of New York                                                  38,624
Bank of New York                                                  23,831
Bank of New York                                                  472,620
Bank of New York                                                  90,500
Bank of New York                                                  2,595,181
Bank of New York                                                  386,318
Bank of New York                                                  1,017,418
Bank of New York                                                  1,254,849
Bank of New York                                                  291,498
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES                                         -929,465
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES                                         -402,744
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES                                         2,385,157
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES                                         1,201,177
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                  40,089
Barclays Noms Monument R97                                        24,917
Barclays Trust & Co & Others                                      2,464
Barclays Trust Co R69                                             1,729
Barclayshare Nominees Limited                                     11,143
BNP PARIBAS                                                       277,361
BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD                                            211,759
BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD                                            509,968
BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD                                          154,696
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                557,317
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                162,496
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                160,226
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                1,114,143
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                1,574,636
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                27,874,465
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                416,536
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                67,076
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                131,839
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                361,472
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                464,461
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                359,331
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                1,024,713
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                37,521
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                                                305,369
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES                                     183,943
CITIBANK                                                          92,234
CITIBANK                                                          281,983
CITIBANK                                                          282,798
CITIBANK                                                          33,209
Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125                                     4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125                                     347
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT                                    44,253
DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON                                              11,505
DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON                                              1,726,595
HSBC                                                              678,175
HSBC                                                              36,624
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        23,013
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        9,199,771
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        54,134
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        59,532
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,488,419
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        295,126
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        30,976
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        3,807,796
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        100,071
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        5,158
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,222,685
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        8,847
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        2,924,819
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        598,942
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        50,812
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        139,196
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        1,497,426
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        166,464
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO                                        15,321
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           99,991
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           19,937
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           107,950
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           320,553
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           33,862
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           626,866
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           1,061,938
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           71,859
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           350,934
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           587,748
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           10,253,710
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           200,974
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           82,905
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           5,238
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           27,192
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           6,913
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           67,496
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           26,618
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           2,934,280
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           640,913
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           28,190
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           140,859
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           310,472
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                                           203,986
JPM FRANKFURT                                                     170,394
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,524,647
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               17,797
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               51,582
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               311,380
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               58,563
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               17,206
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,071,566
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               96,167
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               19,937
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               5,393
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               99,991
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               565,760
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               129,350
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               81,765
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               27,316
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               62,367
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               34,463
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               107,950
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               1,050,569
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               334,119
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                                               76,842
KAS ASSOCIATES                                                    190,157
Master Trust Bank                                                 115,106
MELLON                                                            88,451
MELLON BANK                                                       1,827,067
MELLON BANK                                                       344,282
Mellon Trust - US Custodian                                       46,894
Mellon Trust  - US Custodian                                      444,308
Mellon Trust of New England                                       443,889
MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC)                                      1,485,187
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL                                    79,808
Mitsui Asset                                                      8,758
NORDEA BANK                                                       191,539
NORTHERN TRUST                                                    13,258
NORTHERN TRUST                                                    31,590
NORTHERN TRUST                                                    225,867
NORTHERN TRUST                                                    247,670
NORTHERN TRUST                                                    677,034
NORTHERN TRUST                                                    1,381,902
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    532,165
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    658,623
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                                    154,685
Reflex Nominees Limited                                           2,819
Reflex Nominees Limited                                           393
STATE STREET                                                      122,288
STATE STREET                                                      548,793
STATE STREET                                                      298,243
STATE STREET                                                      23,441
STATE STREET                                                      168,959
STATE STREET                                                      21,298
STATE STREET                                                      24,971
STATE STREET                                                      22,894
STATE STREET                                                      43,568
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI                                    477,535
STATE STREET BOSTON                                               292,473
STATE STREET TRUST OF Canada                                      420,884
Sumitomo TB                                                       40,744
The Northern Trust Co                                             300,074
Trust & Custody Services Bank                                     5,766
UBS                                                               19,923
ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED                                            90,629
TOTAL                                                             113,096,894





5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


36,410,029



6. Percentage of issued class


3.21%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


N/A



8. Percentage of issued class


N/A



9. Class of security


ordinary shares of 25p



10. Date of transaction


Not known



11. Date company informed


24 April 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


113,096,894



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


9.98%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Alan Buchanan, 020 8738 5119



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Alan Buchanan, Company Secretary



Date of notification


24 April 2006



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