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Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
Commitments (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Purchase Commitments |
|  | Aircraft and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Aircraft Related |  | Other(1) |  | Total |  |
2017 | $ | 1,212 |  | $ | 1,235 |  | $ | 2,447 |  |
2018 |  | 1,770 |  |  | 401 |  |  | 2,171 |  |
2019 |  | 1,563 |  |  | 264 |  |  | 1,827 |  |
2020 |  | 1,620 |  |  | 193 |  |  | 1,813 |  |
2021 |  | 1,476 |  |  | 120 |  |  | 1,596 |  |
Thereafter |  | 4,240 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 4,348 |  |
Total | $ | 11,881 |  | $ | 2,321 |  | $ | 14,202 |  |
(1) | Primarily equipment, advertising contracts and, in 2017, approximately $615 million of estimated required quarterly contributions to our U.S. Pension Plans.
Schedule of Aircraft Purchase Commitments |
|  | B767F |  | B777F |  | Total |
2017 | 12 |  | - |  | 12 |
2018 | 16 |  | 2 |  | 18 |
2019 | 13 |  | 2 |  | 15 |
2020 | 12 |  | 3 |  | 15 |
2021 | 10 |  | 3 |  | 13 |
Thereafter | 16 |  | 6 |  | 22 |
Total | 79 |  | 16 |  | 95 |

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