“Delhi airport is now Hotel California”: Passengers’ frustration, memories

New Delhi:

Complaints about overcrowding and long wait times in queues at the Delhi airport are now taking the form of hilarious memes on social media. For context, many passengers faced huge delays in checking-in at the airport over the weekend. Following a flood of complaints, Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia visited the airport yesterday along with senior officials to review the situation.

However, the issue became fodder for meme lovers on social media, with many narrating their past experiences.

One user compared the security queues at Delhi airport to those seen outside “ration shops in the seventies” or “East Bengal Mohun Bagan match ticket counters”. The East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan rivalry in West Bengal is a crowd puller.

This morning’s Delhi airport saga!
Security queues at the Delhi airport were last seen in front of ration shops in the seventies. Or East Bengal Mohun Bagan Match Ticket Counter.

— Joy Bhattacharya (@joybhattacharj) December 13, 2022

“There is also a budding romance going on,” the user narrated his observation while waiting at the airport.

Delhi airport is now Hotel California. You can check in whenever you want, but you can never leave!

— Joy Bhattacharya (@joybhattacharj) December 13, 2022

“Delhi airport is now Hotel California. You can check in anytime, but you can never leave” – ​​Eagles’ hit also featured in his post.

A follower recalled an experience from the past when he almost missed a connecting flight despite there being a four-hour gap between the two.

Hahaha! I once landed at Delhi airport with 4 hrs. Difference between international and domestic flight. I thought it was enough and my wife thought it was enough! Trust me, we almost missed the connecting flight😀

– Saugata Banerjee (@SaugataBanerjee) December 13, 2022

Another user asks, “Is this an airport or a railway platform?”

One more hour to set up security! Is this an airport or a railway platform? pic.twitter.com/XMHJtZK7h6

— Sheela Bhatt Sheela Bhatt (@sheela2010) December 13, 2022

Here are more such Twitter posts:

Once upon a time, there was an airport.

Delhi Airport#Delhi Airport#crowdster# queues#serpentine#Crowd#fish marketpic.twitter.com/VzUOArr2Vk

— Anand Datla (@SportASmile) December 13, 2022

I started chatting with a fellow pack in the security line. Got lot of time to know each other and are friends now..the encouragement is going #Delhi Airport Traveller.

— renengineer (@renjipune) December 13, 2022

Have you faced such long waiting hours at Delhi airport in the recent past?