Exhibit 23.2

                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 dated May 7, 1999) pertaining to
the American Freightways Corporation Amended and Restated 1993
Stock Option Plan for the registration of 2,000,000 additional
shares of American Freightways Corporation common stock of our
report dated January 20, 1999, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of American Freightways
Corporation incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-
K) for the year ended December 31, 1998 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

                                   /s/ Ernst & Young, LLP
                                   Ernst & Young, LLP

Little Rock, Arkansas
May 7, 1999