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Amadeus Altea vs Garmin Pilot

Amadeus Altea logo

Amadeus Altea

Software

Complete airline passenger service and reservation system

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Garmin Pilot logo

Garmin Pilot

Software

All-in-one flight planning and navigation app

From
$99/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amadeus Altea pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines; Garmin Pilot garmin Pilot's iPad app is offered on a 30-day free trial from initial download, after which the subscription plans described on Garmin's site apply
  • They diverge on capability: Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Garmin Pilot covers Flight planning.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amadeus Altea and Garmin Pilot actually diverge.

Attributes where Amadeus Altea and Garmin Pilot differ
AttributeAmadeus AlteaGarmin Pilot
Starting priceOn request$99/year
Pricing modelusage-basedsubscription
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Ios, AndroidIos, Android
Founded19871989

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Garmin Pilot

  • Flight planning
  • Aeronautical charts
  • Weather overlays
  • Panel sync
  • Traffic display
  • Garmin avionics
  • GTN series
  • G1000/G3000

Both cover

  • Data encryption

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 Garmin Pilot
  • Airline distribution and retailingnot Garmin Pilot
  • Check-in and boarding operationsnot Garmin Pilot
  • Fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriersnot Garmin Pilot

Garmin Pilot

  • Flight planningnot Amadeus Altea
  • Weather analysisnot Amadeus Altea
  • In-flight navigationnot Amadeus Altea
  • Aircraft panel syncnot Amadeus Altea
  • Chart viewingnot 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

Garmin Pilot

  • Garmin Pilot's iPad app is offered on a 30-day free trial from initial download, after which the subscription plans described on Garmin's site apply

Pricing, plan by plan

Amadeus Altea

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

Garmin Pilot

$99/year
  • Premium$99/year
    • IFR/VFR charts
    • Weather radar
    • Flight planning
  • Premium + Global$199/year
    • Everything in Premium
    • Worldwide charts
    • International planning

Which should you pick?

Choose Amadeus Altea if

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

Choose Garmin Pilot if

  • You need flight planning.
  • You work on Ios, Android.
  • You also want aeronautical charts.
Garmin Pilot review

Questions people ask

Is Amadeus Altea or Garmin Pilot better?
Neither clearly leads. Amadeus Altea starts at On request and Garmin Pilot at $99/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amadeus Altea or Garmin Pilot?
Amadeus Altea starts at On request and Garmin Pilot at $99/year.
Does Amadeus Altea or Garmin Pilot run on more platforms?
Amadeus Altea runs on Web, Windows, Ios, Android. Garmin Pilot runs on Ios, Android.
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 Garmin Pilot is typically brought in for.
What can Amadeus Altea do that Garmin Pilot cannot?
Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Inventory control, Departure control, Revenue management. Garmin Pilot covers Flight planning, Aeronautical charts, Weather overlays, Panel sync. Both handle Data encryption.
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