Holding(s) in Company

British Airways PLC
25 February 2005

                                  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 - 75,784
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD - 1,776,722
BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LIMITED - 2,000,000
Barclays Trust & Co & Others - 648
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM - 578
Barclays Trust Co R69 - 1,046
BNP PARIBAS - 32,068
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 612,398
CHASE NOMINEES LTD - 5,660,788
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES - 35,036
Clydesdale Nominees - 4,080
Clydesdale Nominees - 300
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 133,569
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 1,052,064
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 97,713
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 7,028
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 15,321
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 379,456
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 379,723
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 13,952
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 23,744
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 769,027
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 8,207
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 17,689
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 2,807,522
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 128,501
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 1,834,921
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 130,143
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 4,975
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 619,672
INVESTOR BANK AND TRUST CO - 6,110
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 361,580
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 35,124
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 527,453
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 631,158
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 65,109
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 231,370
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 356,690
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 11,943,484
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 8,768
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) - 31,028
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 15,962
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,101
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 58,338
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 6,011
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 16,827
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 68,889
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 12,032
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 7,308
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 69,952
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 290,347
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 22,850
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 5,762
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 477,533
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 373,344
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -302,683
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK -522,520
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 34,396
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 115,680
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK - 89,060
Master Trust Bank - 4,816
Master Trust Bank - 79,651
Mellon Trust - Boston - 79,6510
Mellon Trust - Boston - 96,432
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND - 120,705
MITSUBISHI TRUST INTERNATIONAL - 2,913
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 134,263
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 154,420
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA - 31,526
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 37,788
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 11,255
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 51,756
R C Greig Nominees Limited - 7,873
Reflex Nominees Limited - 393
Reflex Nominees Limited - 2,819
STATE STREET - 8,597
STATE STREET BOSTON - 467,284
STATE STREET BOSTON - 46,667
Sumitomo TB - 1,861
Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban - 8,987
TOTAL - 36,585,110



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


5,236,585



6. Percentage of issued class


0.48%



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


25 February 2005



12. Total holding following this notification


36,585,110



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.38%



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


25 February 2005



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