WASHINGTON >> Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday refused to say when he would roll back the restrictions on flights at 40 busy airports, even with an apparent end to the government shutdown on the horizon.

Instead, he offered a sharp warning: If the House did not follow the Senate’s lead and pass the bill quickly, not only would the flying public experience major delays and cancellations by the weekend, but some airlines might even ground their fleets.

“In my conversations with the airlines and with the FAA, and what we’re seeing with air traffic controllers — we feel there’s going to be significant issues in the airspace,” Duffy said, referring to the Federal Aviation Administration, at a news conference at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

If the government does not

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