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Commitments
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

(7) Commitments

 

As of February 28, 2015, 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)$ 415 $ 180 $ 595 
2016  1,249   335   1,584 
2017  1,013   186   1,199 
2018  1,389   111   1,500 
2019  1,033   68   1,101 
Thereafter  4,429   111   4,540 
Total$ 9,528 $ 991 $ 10,519 
           
(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 February 28, 2015, 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.

 

We had $401 million in deposits and progress payments as of February 28, 2015 on aircraft purchases and other planned aircraft-related transactions. These deposits are classified in the “Other assets” caption of our consolidated balance sheets. 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 February 28, 2015 with the year of expected delivery:

 

  B767F B777F Total 
        
2015 (remainder) 4  -  4 
2016 11  2  13 
2017 12  -  12 
2018 11  2  13 
2019 6  2  8 
Thereafter -  12  12 
Total 44  18  62 
        

A summary of future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases with an initial or remaining term in excess of one year at February 28, 2015 is as follows (in millions):

   Operating Leases 
   Aircraft    Total 
   and Related Facilities Operating 
   Equipment  and Other Leases 
            
2015 (remainder)$ 82 $ 411 $ 493 
2016   461   1,628   2,089 
2017   400   1,767   2,167 
2018   329   1,335   1,664 
2019   273   1,149   1,422 
Thereafter  550   7,459   8,009 
Total$ 2,095 $ 13,749 $ 15,844 
            

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases were immaterial at February 28, 2015. 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.