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Commitments
6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

(7) Commitments

 

As of November 30, 2014, our purchase commitments under various contracts for the remainder of 2015 and annually thereafter were as follows (in millions):

  Aircraft and      
  Aircraft-Related Other(1) Total 
           
2015 (remainder)$ 709 $ 452 $ 1,161 
2016  1,230   329   1,559 
2017  1,033   175   1,208 
2018  1,402   101   1,503 
2019  1,022   58   1,080 
Thereafter  4,472   101   4,573 
Total$ 9,868 $ 1,216 $ 11,084 
           
(1) Primarily equipment, advertising contracts and contributions to our U.S. Pension Plans, which are further described in Note 5.
           

The amounts reflected in the table above for purchase commitments represent noncancelable agreements to purchase goods or services. As of November 30, 2014, our obligation to purchase four Boeing 767-300 Freighter (“B767F”) aircraft and nine Boeing 777 Freighter (“B777F”) aircraft is conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees not to be covered by the Railway Labor Act. Commitments to purchase aircraft in passenger configuration do not include the attendant costs to modify these aircraft for cargo transport unless we have entered into noncancelable commitments to modify such aircraft.  Open purchase orders that are cancelable are not considered unconditional purchase obligations for financial reporting purposes and are not included in the table above.

 

During September 2014, FedEx Express entered into an agreement to purchase four additional B767F aircraft, the delivery of which will begin in 2017 and continue through 2019.

We had $500 million in deposits and progress payments as of November 30, 2014 on aircraft purchases and other planned aircraft-related transactions. These deposits are classified in the “Other assets” caption of our consolidated balance sheets. In addition to our commitment to purchase B777Fs and B767Fs, our aircraft purchase commitments include the Boeing 757 (“B757”) aircraft in passenger configuration, which will require additional costs to modify for cargo transport. Aircraft and aircraft-related contracts are subject to price escalations. The following table is a summary of the key aircraft we are committed to purchase as of November 30, 2014 with the year of expected delivery:

 

  B757 B767F B777F Total 
          
2015 (remainder) 1  8  -  9 
2016 -  11  2  13 
2017 -  12  -  12 
2018 -  11  2  13 
2019 -  6  2  8 
Thereafter -  -  12  12 
Total 1  48  18  67 
          

A summary of future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases with an initial or remaining term in excess of one year at November 30, 2014 is as follows (in millions):

   Operating Leases 
   Aircraft    Total 
   and Related Facilities Operating 
   Equipment  and Other Leases 
            
2015 (remainder)$ 391 $ 791 $ 1,182 
2016   461   1,561   2,022 
2017   399   1,684   2,083 
2018   329   1,264   1,593 
2019   273   1,091   1,364 
Thereafter  551   7,097   7,648 
Total$ 2,404 $ 13,488 $ 15,892 
            

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases were immaterial at November 30, 2014. While certain of our lease agreements contain covenants governing the use of the leased assets or require us to maintain certain levels of insurance, none of our lease agreements include material financial covenants or limitations.