I am at least a regular at the Mumbai and Delhi airports by virtue of travelling between these 2 locations or travelling to other locations from these bases. The privatisation of both the Airports happened about the same time(till a few years ago, these busiest airports of India were run by the Airports Authority of India, a government body). And then i heaved a sigh of relief, that at least the long hours i spend at these 2 airports will now be well serviced.
Too bad then,some hopes have been dashed. i guess the mumbai airport developers have done a far better job of doing up the facilities and are working godspeed to turn around the airport. Most of their efforts are showing results. Lesser queues, smaler waiting times, better and cleaner airports, better counters, smoother checkins and the works. The lounges at the domestic as well as at the international airport have been made spacious and they don’t seem to be ever peaked out in my past 2 to 3 years of getting there.
However, delhi is not so great i tell you. the queues at the airport are never small, and the whole darn place has more “pillars ” coming up rather than checkin counters. They are taking too longdoing things and i am thoroughly dissatisfied with my past experiences with them. They have a gem of a property there looking down upon the tarmac. Alas then, it always looks as if i walked into a trashcan. The last time i wasthere, the indian premier league tournament was on, and the whole of a cricket team was seated there with some sitting in each others laps. Now someone go there and do something, of pls ask jet airways to give me access to their business class lunge even when i fly economy 
P.S.: Posted from the clipper lounge at the mezzanine floor of terminal2 of mumbai airport, using my communicator e90.
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