Share prices of airlines and airplane manufacturers plummeted after the attacks.

Fokker was the oldest airplane manufacturer in the world at the time of its demise.

Textron is looking into selling engines to airplane manufacturers and other commercial buyers.

Yet true, say the airlines, seat makers and airplane manufacturers.

Even the larger unsecured creditors like airplane, engine manufacturers and banks will probably end up with nothing.

People laid off by airlines, airplane manufacturers or other aviation-related companies are to get preference for the jobs.

Some, like the airlines and airplane manufacturers, will suffer directly if confidence in the system declines.

"We are constantly in discussions with airplane manufacturers," she said.

Several analysts noted that giving such a large stake in an airline to an airplane manufacturer was unusual.

But the war pumped up Boeing, the world's largest airplane manufacturer, and the company became dependent on a global market.