The Board of Directors of BA’s parent company IAG has approved the distribution in cash of a gross interim dividend, against the 2015 financial results, of euro 0.10 per share

Willie Walsh, IAG  Chief Executive, said: “We’re delighted to announce IAG’s first dividend  payment of 10 euro cents per share.

“For the full year we expect to pay out 25 per cent of our underlying profit after tax in dividends and plan to announce a  proposal for a final dividend for 2015 when the full year results are  published.”