The phrase "airways shuttle" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a mix-up of terms, as "airways" typically refers to the passages in the respiratory system or can be used in the context of aviation, while "shuttle" usually refers to a vehicle or service that transports people or goods.
Example: "The airport offers a shuttle service to and from the city center, but it does not have an airways shuttle."
Alternatives: "airport shuttle" or "air shuttle".
The destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, which filled the airways and newspapers all weekend, adds to the list of bad news investors have absorbed recently, including the threat of a war with Iraq, a nuclear standoff with North Korea, declining consumer confidence and slowing corporate earnings growth.
Yesterday morning, just eight people waited at La Guardia Airport in New York for the US Airways shuttle to Boston.
United and American have also agreed to operate jointly the popular Washington-New York-Boston US Airways shuttle.
Mr. Brancatelli added that he did not see the US Airways shuttle or its competitor, the Delta shuttle, as a true shuttle service anymore.
The first reconfigured shuttle will fly Oct. 6 between La Guardia and Boston, and all US Airways shuttle aircraft should be converted by Oct. 26, the airline said.
It would also dominate at Kennedy Airport and greatly expand at La Guardia, where it will jointly operate the hourly US Airways Shuttle with United.
Under the merger plans, American and United would operate the US Airways shuttle together, alternating flights every other hour, people close to the talks said.
US Airways' shuttle focuses on speed, using dedicated departure gates to save time in security lines and both front and rear aircraft doors to hasten loading, said Todd Lehmacher, a spokesman for US Airways in Philadelphia.
Recently, when he was in a rush to travel from New York to Washington, Mr. Gore announced that he was scuttling Air Force Two because he would make better time on the US Airways shuttle.
That, of course, is the main reason that United and US Airways are getting together in the first place, and proposing to hand off everything but the US Airways shuttle at Reagan National Airport.
