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Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Property And Equipment (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Depreciable Lives and Net Book Value of Property and Equipment |
|  |  | Net Book Value at May 31,
| Range |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Wide-body aircraft and related equipment | 15 to 30 years |  | $ | 8,356 |  | $ | 7,548
Narrow-body and feeder aircraft and related equipment | 5 to 18 years |  |  | 3,180 |  |  | 2,943
Package handling and ground support equipment | 3 to 30 years |  |  | 3,249 |  |  | 2,410
Vehicles | 3 to 15 years |  |  | 3,084 |  |  | 2,717
Computer and electronic equipment | 2 to 10 years |  |  | 1,051 |  |  | 866
Facilities and other | 2 to 40 years |  |  | 5,364 |  |  | 4,391

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