SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. airlines prepared to phase in hundreds of flight cuts at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday, including those in San Francisco, Oakland New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.

SFO, OAK on the list; San Jose not

San Jose's airport was not on the list.

On Wednesday morning, representatives for both SFO and Oakland's airport said they were not officially told by the Federal Aviation Administration that they were on any list.

In the meantime, Kaley Skantz, spokeswoman for Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, said the airport "will continue to operate at full staffing levels while also preparing for any changes to operations."

Doug Yakel,

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