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Amadeus Altea vs Jeppesen

Amadeus Altea logo

Amadeus Altea

Software

Complete airline passenger service and reservation system

From
On request
Rated
-
Jeppesen logo

Jeppesen

Software

Comprehensive aviation flight information services

From
$99/year
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amadeus Altea pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines; Jeppesen no pricing is published on the site; renewals and purchases are pushed to a separate shop at shop.jeppesen.com
  • They diverge on capability: Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Jeppesen covers Aeronautical charts.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Amadeus Altea and Jeppesen differ
AttributeAmadeus AlteaJeppesen
Starting priceOn request$99/year
Pricing modelusage-basedsubscription
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Ios, AndroidWeb, Ios, Android, Windows
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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 Jeppesen

  • Aeronautical charts
  • Flight planning
  • Airport data
  • Weather integration
  • Performance data
  • Flight systems
  • EFB solutions
  • Airline 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 Jeppesen
  • Airline distribution and retailingnot Jeppesen
  • Check-in and boarding operationsnot Jeppesen
  • Fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriersnot Jeppesen

Jeppesen

  • Subscribing to worldwide instrument approach charts and airport diagramsnot Amadeus Altea
  • Airline flight planning and dispatchnot Amadeus Altea
  • Crew pairing, rostering and tracking optimisationnot Amadeus Altea
  • Supplying navigation database updates to avionicsnot 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

Jeppesen

  • No pricing is published on the site; renewals and purchases are pushed to a separate shop at shop.jeppesen.com
  • Charts, navigation data, flight planning, crew optimisation, weather and training are sold as separate product lines rather than one subscription

Pricing, plan by plan

Amadeus Altea

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

Jeppesen

$99/year
  • Individual Subscription$99/year
    • Digital charts
    • Airport information
    • Flight planning
  • Airline SubscriptionFree
    • Fleet data
    • Performance
    • Charts

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 Jeppesen if

  • You need aeronautical charts.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Windows.
  • You also want flight planning.

Questions people ask

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

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