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Commitments
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

(7) Commitments

 

As of August 31, 2016, our purchase commitments under various contracts for the remainder of 2017 and annually thereafter were as follows (in millions):

  Aircraft and       
  Aircraft-Related Other(1) Total 
           
2017 (remainder)$ 719 $ 1,112 $ 1,831 
2018  1,767   463   2,230 
2019  1,717   316   2,033 
2020  1,925   222   2,147 
2021  1,480   135   1,615 
Thereafter  4,191   112   4,303 
Total$ 11,799 $ 2,360 $ 14,159 
           
(1) Primarily equipment, advertising contracts and, for the remainder of 2017, $616 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, 2016, our obligation to purchase four Boeing 767-300 Freighter (“B767F”) aircraft and seven 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 June 10, 2016, FedEx Express exercised options to acquire six additional B767F aircraft for delivery in 2019 and 2020.

 

We had $392 million in deposits and progress payments as of August 31, 2016 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, 2016 with the year of expected delivery:

  B767F B777F Total 
        
2017 (remainder) 6  -  6 
2018 16  2  18 
2019 15  2  17 
2020 16  3  19 
2021 10  3  13 
Thereafter 16  6  22 
Total 79  16  95 
        
        

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, 2016 is as follows (in millions):

   Operating Leases 
   Aircraft    Total 
   and Related Facilities Operating 
   Equipment  and Other Leases 
            
2017 (remainder)$ 398 $ 1,529 $ 1,927 
2018  403   1,899   2,302 
2019  345   1,673   2,018 
2020  262   1,474   1,736 
2021  204   1,329   1,533 
Thereafter  364   8,123   8,487 
Total$ 1,976 $ 16,027 $ 18,003 
            

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases were immaterial at August 31, 2016. 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.