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I was to catch a flight from Delhi airport on a lazy Sunday morning. I was going back to Bangalore. At Delhi airport, there were four counters for checking in. Also there were three more early morning flights going to Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai besides the flight to Bangalore. Usually one can check-in any of the check-in counters. I also stood in one of the queues as shown in figure 1.

Figure 1 : Delhi Airport Check in Counter
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