MANCHESTER AIRPORT - Following closure and relocation of all South Side based general aviation facilities in the Summer of 1998, to make way for the construction of Manchester's Second Runway (06R/24L), Ravenair moved its main operations base, including flight training and aircraft engineering to Liverpool Airport.

Ravenair no longer provides training at Manchester Airport, however for the benefit of the residents of the Greater Manchester Region, the company established a flying training base at Manchester-Barton which became operational in July 2005.

The company continues to operate on-demand air charter services from Manchester Airport, basing one or more aircraft there, subject to customer requirements.

Ravenair's Manchester-based customers include the many airlines and maintenance organisations which operate within the UK and Europe, along with specialist medical transplant organisations responsible for the urgent transfer of human organs.

To cater for the urgent nature of the business, Ravenair operations is on call 24-hours a day, ensuring a rapid response to any request for the swift transfer of urgent airline 'Aircraft-On-Ground' (AOG) time-critical components, together with aircrew / engineering staff positioning flights, medical repatriation and human organ flights.