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British Airways PLC

Registered as BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC. Company number 01777777. 10 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2022, filed 13 July 2023.

26days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022, British Airways PLC reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 68% of invoices within 30 days, 28% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 29% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 December 2021).

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Jun 2018 29 Dec 2018 28 Jun 2019 30 Dec 2019 37 Jun 2020 46 Dec 2020 47 Jun 2021 26 Dec 2021 30 Jun 2022 26 Dec 2022

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jul to Dec 2022 13 Jul 2023 26 68%28%4%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 30 65%29%6%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 26 69%27%4%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 47 60%28%12%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 46 59%24%17%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 37 63%26%11%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 30 66%27%7%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 28 69%27%4%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Jan 2019 29 66%30%4%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 30 67%28%5%34% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.