WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation

Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday he expects more flight delays

in the coming days as a government shutdown hits its 31st day.

"Coming into this weekend and then the week after, I think

you are going to see even more disruptions in the airspace,"

Duffy said on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

On Thursday, air traffic control staffing shortages snarled

flights at Orlando, Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, D.C.

airports due to a shortage of air traffic controllers. The

shutdown has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000

Transportation Security Administration officers to work without

pay.