The airline also said it would cut its work force by more than half, to 2,000 from 4,791.

Some airlines said it was too early to make a decision.

The airline has said it plans to cut up to 7,000 jobs through 2006.

The figure was up 90 percent from June, the airline said.

The airline has said it might close several to save on costs.

The airlines said then that they would each sell up to half of their interest.

Airlines said information would be available on their Web sites.

The airlines say they generally change the list of cities each week.

The airline said service should be back to normal by the weekend.

Instead, the airline said, it wanted the chance to carry out its plan.