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British Airways is to increase its longhaul fuel surcharge with effect from
Wednesday May 2, 2007 as a result of recent trends in the price of oil.

The fuel surcharge on longhaul flights of less than nine hours will rise from
Â£30 per sector (Â£60 return) to Â£33 (Â£66 return) and from Â£35 per sector to Â£38
(Â£76 return) on flights longer than nine hours.

The shorthaul fuel surcharge remains unchanged at Â£8 per sector (Â£16 return).

Robert Boyle, British Airways' commercial director, said: "The latest increase
in the longhaul fuel surcharge is regrettable.

"The cost of fuel has risen significantly in recent weeks. Unfortunately, we
have little choice but to pass on some of this extra cost to our customers.

"Fuel continues to be our second largest cost and we expect our fuel bill for
the year 2007/2008 to be more than Â£2 billion.

"The price of oil continues to be extremely volatile. Therefore, we believe
the fuel surcharge continues to be the most transparent way for our customers
to understand what they are paying and allows us to adjust the direct cost to
our customers appropriately, whether that is increasing or reducing the fuel
surcharge as we did on some of our longhaul flights in January."

British Airways will also increase its fuel surcharges by similar levels in
markets outside the UK.

Ends
April 27, 2007 052/GJ/07

Notes to editors:
History of fuel surcharges on all British Airways' flights booked in the UK
since May 2004.

May 13, 2004: Introduced a Â£2.50 per sector surcharge on longhaul and
shorthaul. For all flights booked outside the UK the airline introduced a fuel
surcharge of USD $4 per sector.

August 11, 2004: Surcharge increased to Â£6 per sector on longhaul. Shorthaul
remained at Â£2.50. Outside the UK, the longhaul fuel surcharge increased to
USD$10 per sector with shorthaul remaining at USD $4.

October 14, 2004: Surcharge increased from Â£6 to Â£10 per sector on longhaul and
from Â£2.50 to Â£4 per sector on shorthaul. Equivalent rises in other markets
outside the UK.

March 22, 2005: Surcharge increased from Â£10 to Â£16 per sector on longhaul and
from Â£4 to Â£6 per sector on shorthaul. Equivalent rises in other markets
outside the UK.

June 27, 2005: Surcharge increased from Â£16 to Â£24 per sector on longhaul and
from Â£6 to Â£8 per sector on shorthaul. Equivalent rises in other markets
outside the UK.

September 12, 2005: Surcharge increased from Â£24 per sector on longhaul to Â£30
per sector. Shorthaul remained unchanged at Â£8 per sector. Equivalent rises
in other markets outside the UK.

April 18, 2006: Surcharge increased from Â£30 per sector on longhaul to Â£35 per
sector. Shorthaul remain unchanged at Â£8 per sector. Equivalent rises in other
markets outside the UK.

January 12, 2007: Surcharge decreased on longhaul flights of less than nine
hours from Â£35 per sector to Â£30 per sector. Shorthaul remain unchanged at Â£8
per sector. Equivalent decreases in other markets outside the UK.

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