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Commitments
12 Months Ended
May 31, 2019
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

NOTE 17: COMMITMENTS

Annual purchase commitments under various contracts as of May 31, 2019 were as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

Aircraft and

Aircraft Related

 

 

Other(1)

 

 

Total

 

2020

 

$

1,518

 

 

$

898

 

 

$

2,416

 

2021

 

 

2,455

 

 

 

587

 

 

 

3,042

 

2022

 

 

1,862

 

 

 

383

 

 

 

2,245

 

2023

 

 

1,569

 

 

 

263

 

 

 

1,832

 

2024

 

 

492

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

632

 

Thereafter

 

 

2,456

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

2,856

 

Total

 

$

10,352

 

 

$

2,671

 

 

$

13,023

 

(1)

Primarily equipment and advertising contracts.

The amounts reflected in the table above for purchase commitments represent noncancelable agreements to purchase goods or services. As of May 31, 2019, our obligation to purchase five Boeing 767-300 Freighter (“B767F”) aircraft and six 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 (“RLA”). 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 have several aircraft modernization programs underway that are supported by the purchase of B777F and B767F aircraft. These aircraft are significantly more fuel-efficient per unit than the aircraft types previously utilized, and these expenditures are necessary to achieve significant long-term operating savings and to replace older aircraft. Our ability to delay the timing of these aircraft-related expenditures is limited without incurring significant costs to modify existing purchase agreements.

During 2019, FedEx Express entered into agreements to purchase 12 incremental B777F aircraft and 12 incremental B767F aircraft. Six of the B777F and one of the B767F aircraft purchases are conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees not to be covered by the RLA. The B777F aircraft are expected to be delivered between 2021 and 2025. The B767F aircraft are expected to be delivered between 2020 and 2022. As part of these agreements, one B777F and one B767F aircraft delivery were accelerated from 2020 to 2019.

As of May 31, 2019, we had $1.1 billion in deposits and progress payments 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 May 31, 2019, with the year of expected delivery:

 

 

 

Cessna SkyCourier 408

 

 

ATR 72-600F

 

 

B767F

 

 

B777F

 

 

Total

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

22

 

2021

 

 

12

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

37

 

2022

 

 

12

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

33

 

2023

 

 

12

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

28

 

2024

 

 

14

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

24

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

 

Total

 

 

50

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

153

 

 

On June 24, 2019, FedEx Express exercised options to purchase an additional six B767F aircraft for delivery in 2022.

 

FedEx Express now has a total of 20 firm orders for B777F aircraft scheduled for delivery during 2020 through 2025 (one of which was delivered in June 2019) and a total of 59 firm orders for B767F aircraft for delivery during 2020 through 2023 (one of which was delivered in June 2019 and one in July 2019). Six of the B777F orders and five of the B767F orders are conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees to be covered by the RLA.

During 2019, FedEx Express also acquired options to purchase an additional 14 B777F aircraft and an additional six B767F aircraft, and the delivery dates of 11 existing B777F option aircraft were rescheduled.

 

FedEx Express now has options to purchase a total of 25 B777F aircraft for delivery through 2028 and a total of 50 B767F aircraft for delivery through 2026.