DreamFolks once dominated India’s airport lounges with 90% market share and ₹2,000 crore in revenue, earning around ₹300 per visit as a middleman. But after a 2024 outage exposed its fragility, Adani Group entered with a direct model, paying ₹600 per visit, offering faster payouts and full control. Within a year, DreamFolks collapsed, and Adani rewrote the industry.