Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:7457U
British Airways PLC
28 January 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company

British Airways Plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Franklin Resources Inc.

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 New York, London                             1,970,662
Cede                                                 7,544,350
Chase Nominees Ltd                                   29,295,250
Clydesdale Bank PLC                                  1,575,870
Euroclear Bruxelles                                  20,400
HSBC Bank                                            289,970
Mellon Bank NA London                                5,109,931
Merrill Lynch                                        1,322,680
Northern Trust Company                               3,604,560
Royal Trust Corp of Canada                           4,677,271
State Street Nominees Ltd                            8,687,504

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/a

6. Percentage of issued class

N/a

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

11,428,755

8. Percentage of issued class

1.05%

9. Class of security

ordinary shares of 25p

10. Date of transaction

Not known

11. Date company informed

28 January 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

64,098,448

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.91%

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

28 January 2004

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