Originally Posted by
flyboy777
I wouldn't say it is a fully depreciated asset. Many companies buy up these old seats & find places for them on the second hand market. A single unit (2 Club World) costs £1000s brand new. Flat beds are relatively new to the used seat market so I don't know much about the rates but I'd imagine they would be very high. This is complicated since BA has also specifically said that they're not for private/commercial sale (discovered after an enquiry I made)
I think there are 2 issues here, firstly the depreciation of the asset which is likely to be fully depreciated if they have been refurbished after removal from 747's or simply come from old stock.
Secondly given that the seat patent is owned by BA, why would they wish to sell them to another carrier which could then compete with BA. For sound commercial reasons BA would not seek to sell on the seats until it's own J product was so superior the old product would offer no competition. I don't see that the current NGCW product is THAT different.