Shuttle

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
USS Shuttle (SP-3572), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
Shuttle, school bullying in South Korea