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Amadeus Altea vs AMOS

Amadeus Altea logo

Amadeus Altea

Software

Complete airline passenger service and reservation system

From
On request
Rated
-
AMOS logo

AMOS

Software

Aviation maintenance and engineering management software

From
$50000/year
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amadeus Altea pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines; AMOS pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published; the routes to a price are ordering a brochure or booking a live demo through a contact form
  • They diverge on capability: Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, AMOS covers Maintenance planning.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amadeus Altea and AMOS actually diverge.

Attributes where Amadeus Altea and AMOS differ
AttributeAmadeus AlteaAMOS
Starting priceOn request$50000/year
Pricing modelusage-basedsubscription
Founded19871997

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, Windows, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amadeus Altea

  • Reservation management
  • Inventory control
  • Departure control
  • Revenue management
  • Customer profiles
  • GDS systems
  • Payment gateways
  • Loyalty programs

Only in AMOS

  • Maintenance planning
  • Work order management
  • Inventory management
  • Airworthiness tracking
  • Technical records
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • Flight operations systems

Both cover

  • Data encryption
  • Web support
  • Windows support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amadeus Altea

  • Passenger service system covering reservations, inventory and departure controlnot AMOS
  • Airline distribution and retailingnot AMOS
  • Check-in and boarding operationsnot AMOS
  • Fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriersnot AMOS

AMOS

  • Running aircraft maintenance, engineering and logistics for an airline in one systemnot Amadeus Altea
  • MRO providers managing maintenance execution across mixed fleetsnot Amadeus Altea
  • Configuring maintenance programmes for different operators, fleets and business modelsnot Amadeus Altea

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amadeus Altea

  • Pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines
  • Altea is aimed at full-service carriers; low-cost and hybrid airlines are pointed at Navitaire New Skies instead
  • Amadeus is steering new work toward Nevio, its cloud-native retailing suite, so Altea sits alongside a newer platform

AMOS

  • Pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published; the routes to a price are ordering a brochure or booking a live demo through a contact form
  • Hosting is a separately named service, AMOScloud Hosting, rather than a standard part of the licence

Pricing, plan by plan

Amadeus Altea

On request
  • Altea PSSFree
    • Per-passenger pricing
    • Full PSS functionality
    • Global distribution

AMOS

$50000/year
  • AMOS Standard$50000/year
    • Maintenance planning
    • Work order management
    • Materials management
  • AMOS Enterprise$100000/year
    • Multi-base operations
    • Advanced analytics
    • API integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Amadeus Altea if

  • You need reservation management.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
  • You also want inventory control.

Choose AMOS if

  • You need maintenance planning.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
  • You also want work order management.

Questions people ask

Is Amadeus Altea or AMOS better?
Neither clearly leads. Amadeus Altea starts at On request and AMOS at $50000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amadeus Altea or AMOS?
Amadeus Altea starts at On request and AMOS at $50000/year.
Does Amadeus Altea or AMOS run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Windows, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Amadeus Altea best used for?
Amadeus Altea is most often used for passenger service system covering reservations, inventory and departure control, airline distribution and retailing, check-in and boarding operations, fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriers. Of those, passenger service system covering reservations, inventory and departure control and airline distribution and retailing are not what AMOS is typically brought in for.
What can Amadeus Altea do that AMOS cannot?
Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Inventory control, Departure control, Revenue management. AMOS covers Maintenance planning, Work order management, Inventory management, Airworthiness tracking. Both handle Data encryption, Web support, Windows support.

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