FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
FURNISHED PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
1 June 2006
BRITISH AIRWAYS Plc
(Registrant's Name)
Waterside HBA3,
PO Box 365
Harmondsworth UB7 0GB
United Kingdom
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule101(b)(1)
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Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
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Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organised (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this
Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
CONTENTS
1. Holding(s) in Company
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
BRITISH AIRWAYS Plc
By: /s/_________________________
Name: Alan Buchanan
Title:Company Secretary
Date 1 June 2006
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Description
1. Holding(s) in Company
Exhibit No. 1
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 1,086,078
Cede 5,082,830
JP Morgan Chase Nominees Ltd 15,942,563
Clydesdale Bank PLC 1,228,800
Euroclear Bruxelles 41,970
HSBC Bank 635,190
Mellon Bank NA London 3,652,127
Northern Trust Company 2,187,461
Royal Trust Corp of Canada 1,556,831
State Street Nominees Ltd 1,567,815
Total 32,981,665
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
11,399,988
8. Percentage of issued class
1%
9. Class of security
ordinary shares of 25p
10. Date of transaction
Not known
11. Date company informed
2 May 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
32,981,665
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
2.91%
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
3 May 2006
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