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NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning vs Amadeus Altea

NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning logo

NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning

Aviation & Aerospace

Airline flight planning and optimization

From
$50000/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Amadeus Altea logo

Amadeus Altea

Aviation & Aerospace

Complete airline passenger service and reservation system

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning nAVBLUE product URLs now redirect to skywise.com, where the vendor states Skywise was born from the merger of NAVBLUE solutions and Skywise Digital solutions as an Airbus digital services company; Amadeus Altea pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines
  • They diverge on capability: NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning covers Route optimization, Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning and Amadeus Altea actually diverge.

Attributes where NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning and Amadeus Altea differ
AttributeNAVBLUE N-Flight PlanningAmadeus Altea
Starting price$50000/yearOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWeb, Windows, Ios, Android
Founded20161987

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 NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning

  • Route optimization
  • Fuel calculation
  • Weather integration
  • Performance data
  • ATC coordination
  • Airline OCC
  • Weather services
  • NOTAMs

Only in Amadeus Altea

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

Both cover

  • Data encryption
  • Web support
  • Windows support

What people use each for

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

NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning

  • Airline flight planning and operations controlnot Amadeus Altea
  • Flight operations engineering and aeronautical data managementnot Amadeus Altea
  • Fleet performance and technical operations monitoringnot Amadeus Altea

Amadeus Altea

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

Where each one falls short

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

NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning

  • NAVBLUE product URLs now redirect to skywise.com, where the vendor states Skywise was born from the merger of NAVBLUE solutions and Skywise Digital solutions as an Airbus digital services company
  • No price, tier or minimum is published for any Skywise or former NAVBLUE product

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

Pricing, plan by plan

NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning

$50000/year
  • N-Flight Planning$50000/year
    • Route optimization
    • Fuel planning
    • Weather integration
  • Enterprise$100000/year
    • Everything included
    • Multi-fleet
    • Custom optimization

Amadeus Altea

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

Which should you pick?

Choose NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning if

  • You need route optimization.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want fuel calculation.
NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning review

Choose Amadeus Altea if

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

Questions people ask

Is NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning or Amadeus Altea better?
Neither clearly leads. NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning starts at $50000/year and Amadeus Altea at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning or Amadeus Altea?
NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning starts at $50000/year and Amadeus Altea at On request.
Does NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning or Amadeus Altea run on more platforms?
NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning runs on Web, Windows. Amadeus Altea runs on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
What is NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning best used for?
NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning is most often used for airline flight planning and operations control, flight operations engineering and aeronautical data management, fleet performance and technical operations monitoring. Of those, airline flight planning and operations control and flight operations engineering and aeronautical data management are not what Amadeus Altea is typically brought in for.
What can NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning do that Amadeus Altea cannot?
NAVBLUE N-Flight Planning covers Route optimization, Fuel calculation, Weather integration, Performance data. Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Inventory control, Departure control, Revenue management. Both handle Data encryption, Web support, Windows support.
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