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Commitments
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2015
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

(7) Commitments

 

As of August 31, 2015, our purchase commitments under various contracts for the remainder of 2016 and annually thereafter were as follows (in millions):

  Aircraft and       
  Aircraft-Related Other(1) Total 
           
2016 (remainder)$ 657 $ 815 $ 1,472 
2017  1,240   264   1,504 
2018  1,739   149   1,888 
2019  1,584   71   1,655 
2020  1,638   23   1,661 
Thereafter  5,962   98   6,060 
Total$ 12,820 $ 1,420 $ 14,240 
           
(1) Primarily equipment, advertising contracts and, for the remainder of 2016, $495 million of estimated required quarterly contributions to our U.S. Pension Plans.
           

The amounts reflected in the table above for purchase commitments represent noncancelable agreements to purchase goods or services. As of August 31, 2015, our obligation to purchase six 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 of 1926, as amended. Open purchase orders that are cancelable are not considered unconditional purchase obligations for financial reporting purposes and are not included in the table above.

 

On July 21, 2015, FedEx Express entered into a supplemental agreement to purchase 50 additional B767F aircraft from Boeing. Four of the 50 additional B767F aircraft purchases are conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees not to be covered by the Railway Labor Act of 1926, as amended. The 50 additional B767F aircraft are expected to be delivered from fiscal 2018 through fiscal 2023 and will enable FedEx Express to continue to improve the efficiency and reliability of its aircraft fleet.

 

We had $411 million in deposits and progress payments as of August 31, 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 August 31, 2015 with the year of expected delivery:

  B767F B777F Total 
        
2016 (remainder) 6  1  7 
2017 12  -  12 
2018 16  2  18 
2019 13  2  15 
2020 12  3  15 
Thereafter 26  9  35 
Total 85  17  102 
        
        

A summary of future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases with an initial or remaining term in excess of one year at August 31, 2015 is as follows (in millions):

   Operating Leases 
   Aircraft    Total 
   and Related Facilities Operating 
   Equipment  and Other Leases 
            
2016 (remainder)$ 430 $ 1,256 $ 1,686 
2017  403   1,890   2,293 
2018  332   1,472   1,804 
2019  274   1,286   1,560 
2020  190   1,126   1,316 
Thereafter  360   7,354   7,714 
Total$ 1,989 $ 14,384 $ 16,373 
            

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases were immaterial at August 31, 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.