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Lido Flight Planning vs CAE Flight Training

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Lido Flight Planning

Software

Professional airline flight planning solution

From
$40000/year
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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CAE Flight Training

Software

World leader in professional flight training

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lido Flight Planning pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published on the product page; CAE Flight Training mostly delivered through physical full-flight simulators and training centres rather than as software a customer installs
  • They diverge on capability: Lido Flight Planning covers Route optimization, CAE Flight Training covers Full-flight simulators.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lido Flight Planning and CAE Flight Training actually diverge.

Attributes where Lido Flight Planning and CAE Flight Training differ
AttributeLido Flight PlanningCAE Flight Training
Starting price$40000/yearOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
PlatformsWeb, WindowsOn-site
Founded19871947

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 Lido Flight Planning

  • Route optimization
  • Fuel planning
  • Performance data
  • Weight & balance
  • Cost calculation
  • Weather services
  • Airline systems
  • Crew systems

Only in CAE Flight Training

  • Full-flight simulators
  • Type rating training
  • Crew resource training
  • Maintenance training
  • Certification
  • Airlines
  • Regulators
  • Learning platforms

What people use each for

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

Lido Flight Planning

  • Generating optimal flight routes and profiles that Air Traffic Control will acceptnot CAE Flight Training
  • Automating airline flight planning against weather, NOTAMs, AIP, ATM restrictions and ATC chargesnot CAE Flight Training
  • Supporting pre-operational flight planning from a web applicationnot CAE Flight Training

CAE Flight Training

  • Type rating and recurrent training for airline and business jet pilotsnot Lido Flight Planning
  • Cadet to captain airline training programmesnot Lido Flight Planning
  • Cabin crew and maintenance technician trainingnot Lido Flight Planning
  • Flight data analysis and operations management through Flightscapenot Lido Flight Planning
  • Courseware and training records management with CAE Pelesysnot Lido Flight Planning

Where each one falls short

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

Lido Flight Planning

  • Pricing is by quote only, with no rate, minimum or named cost driver published on the product page
  • Pre-operational planning is a separately named application, Lido Flight 4D Pre-Planning, rather than part of the core flight planning product

CAE Flight Training

  • Mostly delivered through physical full-flight simulators and training centres rather than as software a customer installs
  • The software pieces, Flightscape, CAE Rise and CAE Pelesys, are sold to airlines and operators rather than to individual pilots
  • Pricing is not published

Pricing, plan by plan

Lido Flight Planning

$40000/year
  • Standard$40000/year
    • Route planning
    • Performance data
    • Weather integration
  • Enterprise$80000/year
    • Multi-fleet
    • Advanced optimization
    • Custom integration

CAE Flight Training

On request
  • Pilot TrainingFree
    • Full-flight simulators
    • Type ratings
    • Crew training
  • Maintenance TrainingFree
    • Technical training
    • Systems training
    • Certification

Which should you pick?

Choose Lido Flight Planning if

  • You need route optimization.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want fuel planning.
Lido Flight Planning review

Choose CAE Flight Training if

  • You need full-flight simulators.
  • You work on On-site.
  • You also want type rating training.
CAE Flight Training review

Questions people ask

Is Lido Flight Planning or CAE Flight Training better?
Neither clearly leads. Lido Flight Planning starts at $40000/year and CAE Flight Training at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lido Flight Planning or CAE Flight Training?
Lido Flight Planning starts at $40000/year and CAE Flight Training at On request.
Does Lido Flight Planning or CAE Flight Training run on more platforms?
Lido Flight Planning runs on Web, Windows. CAE Flight Training runs on On-site.
What is Lido Flight Planning best used for?
Lido Flight Planning is most often used for generating optimal flight routes and profiles that air traffic control will accept, automating airline flight planning against weather, notams, aip, atm restrictions and atc charges, supporting pre-operational flight planning from a web application. Of those, generating optimal flight routes and profiles that air traffic control will accept and automating airline flight planning against weather, notams, aip, atm restrictions and atc charges are not what CAE Flight Training is typically brought in for.
What can Lido Flight Planning do that CAE Flight Training cannot?
Lido Flight Planning covers Route optimization, Fuel planning, Performance data, Weight & balance. CAE Flight Training covers Full-flight simulators, Type rating training, Crew resource training, Maintenance training.
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