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What is worse is that UDAN flights are operated by small aircraft, which move slowly. So, when a small aircraft comes in to land, bigger aircraft would be holding longer, waiting their turn to land,” said an aviation source. Mumbai got the most, 15, followed by Nashik, Pune and Sholapur. The airline owns and operates two 50-seater aircraft (Embraer 145) on the Bangalore-Hubli and Bangalore-Belgaum routes. However, they will get non-prime or non-day time slots, because of congestion at Mumbai’s airport.Star Air, launched by Kolhapur-based educationist Sanjay Ghodawat, will connect Mumbai and Nagpur with Belgaum, besides connecting Mumbai with Kolhapur, and Hubli with Pune..