Commitments	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Commitments [Abstract]
Commitments	NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS A. \| Unconditional Purchase Obligations The Company enters into short-term unconditional purchase obligations with asset-based providers reserving space on a guaranteed basis. The pricing of these obligations varies to some degree with market conditions. Historically, the Company has met these obligations in the normal course of business within one year. In the regular course of business, the Company also enters into agreements with service providers to maintain or operate equipment, facilities or software that can be longer than one year. We also regularly have contractual obligations for specific projects related to improvements of our owned or leased facilities and information technology infrastructure. Purchase obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2023 totaled $90 million. B. \| Employee Benefits The Company has employee savings plans under which the Company provides a discretionary matching contribution. In 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s contributions under the plans were $24,241, $24,774 and $22,587, respectively. C. \| Credit Arrangements Certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries maintain bank lines of credit for short-term working capital purposes. A few of these credit lines are supported by standby letters of credit issued by a United States bank or guarantees issued by the Company to the foreign banks issuing the credit line. At December 31, 2023, and 2022 borrowings under these credit lines were $53,068 and $57,778, respectively. At December 31, 2023, the Company was contingently liable for approximately $87,393 under outstanding standby letters of credit and guarantees. At December 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with all restrictive covenants of these credit lines and the associated credit facilities. The standby letters of credit and guarantees relate to obligations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries for credit extended in the ordinary course of business by direct carriers, primarily airlines, and for duty and tax deferrals available from governmental entities responsible for customs and value-added-tax (VAT) taxation. The total underlying amounts due and payable for transportation and governmental excise taxes are properly recorded as obligations in the books of the respective foreign subsidiaries, and there would be no need to record additional expense in the unlikely event the parent company were to be required to perform.

Commitments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS

A. | Unconditional Purchase Obligations

The Company enters into short-term unconditional purchase obligations with asset-based providers reserving space on a guaranteed basis. The pricing of these obligations varies to some degree with market conditions. Historically, the Company has met these obligations in the normal course of business within one year. In the regular course of business, the Company also enters into agreements with service providers to maintain or operate equipment, facilities or software that can be longer than one year. We also regularly have contractual obligations for specific projects related to improvements of our owned or leased facilities and information technology infrastructure. Purchase obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2023 totaled $90 million.

B. | Employee Benefits

The Company has employee savings plans under which the Company provides a discretionary matching contribution. In 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s contributions under the plans were $24,241, $24,774 and $22,587, respectively.

C. | Credit Arrangements

Certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries maintain bank lines of credit for short-term working capital purposes. A few of these credit lines are supported by standby letters of credit issued by a United States bank or guarantees issued by the Company to the foreign banks issuing the credit line. At December 31, 2023, and 2022 borrowings under these credit lines were $53,068 and $57,778, respectively. At December 31, 2023, the Company was contingently liable for approximately $87,393 under outstanding standby letters of credit and guarantees. At December 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with all restrictive covenants of these credit lines and the associated credit facilities.

The standby letters of credit and guarantees relate to obligations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries for credit extended in the ordinary course of business by direct carriers, primarily airlines, and for duty and tax deferrals available from governmental entities responsible for customs and value-added-tax (VAT) taxation. The total underlying amounts due and payable for transportation and governmental excise taxes are properly recorded as obligations in the books of the respective foreign subsidiaries, and there would be no need to record additional expense in the unlikely event the parent company were to be required to perform.