The estimated cost of the programme was to exceed €1.3 billion, which could mean the purchase of several aircraft. Denmark had been mentioned as a potential recipient of the American machines for at least a year.
With this decision, the Danes were to join Norwegians, Britons and Germans already operating the P-8A Poseidon. Europe was currently one of the key marketing directions for Boeing and the Poseidon programme.
The United States manufacturer indicated that further aircraft might be purchased by current users, such as the United Kingdom and Norway, as well as other countries. Alongside Denmark, the potential list included Italy and the Netherlands, while in the case of the A321MPA programme’s failure, France could also be offered the aircraft.
Due to the reduction of US domestic orders, most of the ongoing production was allocated for export. Boeing was already working on aircraft for Germany and preparing to begin production for Canada.
In September, the programme recorded a new success as Singapore declared the purchase of four aircraft for its own needs.
