Continental Motors Group is reporting high demand and reliability for its range of diesel aero engines.
At a briefing at Aero 2014 at Friedrichshafen this week, the Chinese-owned company said it had delivered more than 4000 new Centurion diesels since production started in 2002, claiming the market lead with more engines delivered than all other manufacturers of diesel aero engine combined.
Over the last year, CMG's figures showed the Centurion 2.0 engine had only 0.61 inflight shut-downs per 100,000 flying hours. The time logged by Centurion users has risen to over 4 million.
“The fuel-efficient, reliable, and environmentally friendly Centurion diesel engines became a success story in a challenging market environment," said Ken Suda, Managing Director and President of Continental's German operating unit, Technify.
"Since the start of production, more than 4,000 new engines of the models Centurion 1.7, Centurion 2.0 (both with 99 kW power), and Centurion 2.0s (with 114 kW power) have been manufactured and delivered. A fleet of well over 2,600 aircraft has been equipped with them.”
Continental's parent company AVIC International also announced that it is consolidating its aircraft engine businesses under a single corporate structure. The newly established Continental Motors Group, Ltd as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AVIC, is based in Hong Kong to integrate the marketing, sales, service, manufacturing, and development activities of its aircraft engine businesses.