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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of EGL, Inc. of our report dated November 8, 1999, except
as to the information presented in the last paragraph of Note 11 and in Note 12,
for which the date is December 15, 1999, relating to the financial statements
which appear in EGL, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
September 30, 1999. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" and "Accounting Treatment of the Merger" in such Registration
Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas
July 26, 2000