The three-day strike has caused some 3,800 flight cancellations and could cost the company as much as 80 million euros.
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Several hundred flights from Germany's main airports have been canceled, affecting an estimated 90,000 passengers. Public sector workers across the country are demanding a pay rise of six percent.
Lufthansa has canceled hundreds of flights on Tuesday, as Germany braces for mass public sector strikes. Germany's largest airport in Frankfurt has warned of "significant delays and cancellations."
The woman attempted to smuggle the drugs into the country in tupperware containers which she had stashed in her suitcase. Police said the drugs had an estimated street value of €850,000.
The Eurocontrol agency has said that at least half of the flights across the continent had been affected. It stressed, however, that the problem did not pose any safety risks to passengers.