Answer:

airbus

Answer	Crossword Clue
AIRBUS	Short-range commercial plane
AIRBUS	Shuttle plane
AIRBUS	Boeing competitor

AIRBUS	France-based jet maker
AIRBUS	Shuttle plane, perhaps
AIRBUS	Short-range plane
AIRBUS	European-made jet
AIRBUS	European plane maker
AIRBUS	747 alternative
AIRBUS	European-made plane
AIRBUS	Boeing rival

AIRBUS	Shuttle-service plane
AIRBUS	Winged mammoth
AIRBUS	Giant in jets
AIRBUS	Giant jet
AIRBUS	Alternative to a 747
AIRBUS	Clinton has warned the E.U. of a trade fight over government funding for its new jumbo jet
AIRBUS	Lufthansa supplier