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Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2014
Commitments (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Purchase Commitments |
|  | Aircraft and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Aircraft Related |  | Other(1) |  | Total |  |
2015 | $ | 1,147 |  | $ | 1,197 |  | $ | 2,344 |  |
2016 |  | 1,248 |  |  | 274 |  |  | 1,522 |  |
2017 |  | 956 |  |  | 123 |  |  | 1,079 |  |
2018 |  | 1,368 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 1,426 |  |
2019 |  | 859 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 878 |  |
Thereafter |  | 4,498 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 4,599 |  |
Total | $ | 10,076 |  | $ | 1,772 |  | $ | 11,848 |  |
(1) | Primarily equipment, advertising contracts and in 2015, approximately $580 million of quarterly contributions to our U.S. Pension Plans.
Schedule of Aircraft Purchase Commitments |
|  | B757 |  | B767F |  | B777F |  | Total |
2015 | 13 |  | 12 |  | - |  | 25 |
2016 | - |  | 11 |  | 2 |  | 13 |
2017 | - |  | 11 |  | - |  | 11 |
2018 | - |  | 10 |  | 2 |  | 12 |
2019 | - |  | 4 |  | 2 |  | 6 |
Thereafter | - |  | - |  | 12 |  | 12 |
Total | 13 |  | 48 |  | 18 |  | 79 |

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