Thai sold 30 (used) chairs in one minute on the web
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Thai Airlines decided to sell the armchairs of one of his Airbus A330-300s, which he recently decommissioned, at an online auction: he earned 1 million Bath, or almost €30,000, within a minute of the operation, selling all available seats.
Photos from Bangkok Post
The seats for sale were 30, of different colors and all coming from the class Economy. The prices were of 35,000 Bath the pair (slightly more than 950 €) and they went sold out in 1 minute From the beginning of the online sale.
The seats have been thoroughly washed and sanitized, have seat belts, and can recline six inches, a standard size for Low Cost. Find out which low cost gives you the most inches.
Thai Airways made use of its accessories wholesale startup, namely TG Warehouse Sale. Here is the video presentation of the seats:
The reason as to why Thai Airways made this sale is not only due to the crisis caused by the Covid-19, pandemic was the coup de grace. Indeed, the Thai airline was not sailing in good waters and had already initiated proceedings to declare bankruptcy, given its near 10 billion dollars in debt.
In September 2020, the Bangkok bankruptcy court ordered a program of rehabilitation corporate, bankruptcy administrators have since been running Thai Airways and are trying to reduce the costs as much as possible and increase revenue with new initiatives, just like the sale of its seats.
Slowly the company is recovering money here and there, between disposals of land and buildings, shares and companies, they managed to recover a few hundred million euros, even changing leases for 12 aircraft.
Thai Airways was not the only airline to offer this sale, also Singapore Airlines a few weeks ago Has sold his seats from the Business.
E Delta Airlines promoted a similar initiative: after "tearing apart" one of its decommissioned Boeing 747s, it has put up for sale on eBay, also enjoying success.
Finally for nostalgic and aviation enthusiasts, Emirates dismantled its first A380 and the sold to collector's pieces, the various components such as wheels, engine parts, trolleys, etc., have become knick-knacks, side tables, and whole pieces of furniture!
And you, Would you ever buy an airplane seat to put in your living room? Let us know in the comments.
