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                                                Exhibit 23(b)



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


Board of Directors
Airborne Freight Corporation
Seattle, Washington

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-61329 on Form S-3 of Airborne Freight Corporation and
subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports, dated February 10, 1995, on the
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of the
Company and appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 1994, and to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" in the Prospectus Supplement and "Experts" in the Prospectus, both of
which are part of the Registration Statement.




DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Seattle, Washington
September 1, 1995