The original meaning of the word shuttle is the device used in weaving to carry the weft. By reference to the continual to-and-fro motion associated with that, the term was then applied in transportation and then in other spheres. Thus the word may now also refer to:
Transport Air transport Air shuttle, a type of flight which quickly connects nearby destinations Delta Shuttle, the brand name for Delta Air Lines' air shuttle service Rossi Shuttle Quik, an Italian ultralight trike design Shuttle America, a regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana Shuttle by United, a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, modified Boeing 747 airliners used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters US Airways Shuttle, the brand name for an hourly service offered by US Airways The call sign for domestic (UK internal) British Airways flights - international flights use Speedbird
Land transport Automotive brands Fit Shuttle, the station wagon version of Honda Fit Honda Shuttle, the first generation Honda Odyssey
Mass transit Transport systems operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly) non-stop route between two places Shuttle bus service Shuttle train service Car shuttle train LeShuttle, the car-carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel S (New York City Subway service), three shuttle train routes 42nd Street Shuttle, shuttle train between Grand Central and Port Authority Franklin Avenue Shuttle Rockaway Park Shuttle Amtrak Hartford Line, formerly named the New Haven–Springfield Shuttle Shuttle van, a New Zealand term for shared taxis
Spacecraft Shuttle (spacecraft type), a smaller spacecraft used for ship-to-ship and ship-to-ground transport in theory and science fiction Space Shuttle, the vehicle for the NASA Space Shuttle program from 1981 to 2011 Space Shuttle orbiter, a space plane, the crewed part of the Space Shuttle Buran Shuttle, the vehicle for the Soviet Buran programme
Arts, entertainment, and media Shuttle (film), a 2008 thriller film Shuttle (video game), a video game produced by Virgin Shuttling (patience term), a method of play in patience and solitaire games
Sciences and technology Molecular shuttles, a molecule capable of nano scale transportation Multi-project wafer service (|MPW) shuttle, an integrated circuit production run for multi-chip or multi-project wafers Shuttle bombing, a World War II strategic bombing tactic Shuttle diplomacy, an international relations tactic Shuttle vector, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics
Sports 20-yard shuttle, a test performed by American football players Shuttlecock or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badminton
Other uses Shuttle (weaving), used by weavers at a textile mill or on a loom Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form-factor computers Shuttle trading, a form of goods distribution River Shuttle, a river of southeast London in England , a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 Shuttle, school bullying in South Korea
See also The Shuttle (disambiguation)