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Amadeus Altea vs SkyDemon

Amadeus Altea logo

Amadeus Altea

Aviation & Aerospace

Complete airline passenger service and reservation system

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
SkyDemon logo

SkyDemon

Aviation & Aerospace

VFR flight planning for European pilots

From
€150/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amadeus Altea pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines; SkyDemon the first year costs 118 GBP against a 90 GBP renewal, so the entry price is higher than the ongoing one
  • They diverge on capability: Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, SkyDemon covers VFR planning.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Amadeus Altea and SkyDemon differ
AttributeAmadeus AlteaSkyDemon
Starting priceOn request€150/year
Pricing modelusage-basedsubscription
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Ios, AndroidIos, Android, Windows, Macos
Founded19872009

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Aviation & Aerospace).

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 SkyDemon

  • VFR planning
  • Airspace display
  • Weather overlay
  • Navigation
  • Flight logging
  • Traffic receivers
  • FLARM
  • ADS-B

Both cover

  • Data encryption
  • 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 SkyDemon
  • Airline distribution and retailingnot SkyDemon
  • Check-in and boarding operationsnot SkyDemon
  • Fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriersnot SkyDemon

SkyDemon

  • VFR flight planning and navigation for general aviationnot Amadeus Altea
  • In flight moving map and airspace awareness on a tabletnot 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

SkyDemon

  • The first year costs 118 GBP against a 90 GBP renewal, so the entry price is higher than the ongoing one
  • Extra airfield maps and flight guides are sold as separate annual subscriptions on top of the base licence
  • Prices for those additional regional guides are not listed on the store page

Pricing, plan by plan

Amadeus Altea

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

SkyDemon

€150/year
  • SkyDemon$150/year
    • Flight planning
    • European charts
    • Weather data
  • SkyDemon + Australia$220/year
    • Europe + Australia
    • All features
    • Extended coverage

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 SkyDemon if

  • You need vfr planning.
  • You work on Ios, Android, Windows, Macos.
  • You also want airspace display.
SkyDemon review

Questions people ask

Is Amadeus Altea or SkyDemon better?
Neither clearly leads. Amadeus Altea starts at On request and SkyDemon at €150/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amadeus Altea or SkyDemon?
Amadeus Altea starts at On request and SkyDemon at €150/year.
Does Amadeus Altea or SkyDemon run on more platforms?
Amadeus Altea runs on Web, Windows, Ios, Android. SkyDemon runs on Ios, Android, Windows, Macos.
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 SkyDemon is typically brought in for.
What can Amadeus Altea do that SkyDemon cannot?
Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Inventory control, Departure control, Revenue management. SkyDemon covers VFR planning, Airspace display, Weather overlay, Navigation. Both handle Data encryption, Windows support.
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