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Business Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2011	Nov. 30, 2010	Nov. 30, 2011	Nov. 30, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 10,587	$ 9,632	$ 21,108	$ 19,089
Operating Income (Loss)	780	469	1,517	1,097
FedEx Express Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	6,583	5,992	13,175	11,904
Operating Income (Loss)	342	264	630	621
FedEx Ground Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	2,339	2,077	4,617	4,038
Operating Income (Loss)	398	296	805	583
FedEx Freight Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,325	1,221	2,653	2,479
Operating Income (Loss)	40	(91)	82	(107)
FedEx Services Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	427	434	838	849
Other and Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ (87)	$ (92)	$ (175)	$ (181)

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- Definition

The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount of total revenue for the reportable segments, including revenue from external customers, transactions with other operating segments of the same entity, and (gross) interest revenue. All considered to be "operating revenue" for purposes of the taxonomy.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 27

-Subparagraph a, b, c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 280

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 22

-Subparagraph (a),(b),(c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599

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