The first of the flights, which are expected to revitalize tourism activity in the region, was attended by Antalya Deputy Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Alanya Mayor Hasan Sipahioğlu, Corendon Tourism Group co-founder and Corendon Airlines Chairman and General Manager Yıldıray Karaer, Gazipaşa Mayor Cemburak Özgenç, Anamur Mayor Mehmet Türe, Turkish Cycling Federation President Emin Müftüoğlu, ALTİD President Gülçin Güner, ALTİD Secretary General Mehmet Dahaoğlu, 90 Dutch tourists, representatives from the private sector and non-governmental organizations, and journalists, making a total of 189 passengers.
The aircraft was welcomed with drums and zurnas by Gazipaşa District Governor Muhittin Pamuk, Airport Operations Coordinator Cengiz Aşıklı, and numerous tourism professionals and citizens. In the subsequent press conference, Corendon co-founder and General Manager Yıldıray Karaer stated that he believed this flight would pave the way for Alanya and the surrounding tourism, noted that they would conduct the first flight on April 20, mentioned that they planned a total of 420,000 passengers from the Netherlands and Belgium as Corendon, and specified that they would bring passengers to both Antalya and Gazipaşa twice a week this year, expressing that their goal is to reach 500,000 passengers.