ÇGH İzmir's qualified team serviced an Iberia Airlines aircraft carrying the Spanish National Basketball team members and Spanish journalists who arrived at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport for the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship. The athletes and press members, who were welcomed at the hatch with flowers, said they were surprised and pleased by ÇGH personnel's warm welcome and speed while completing passport and luggage operations. The passengers and airline officials thanked ÇGH İzmir employees for their quality of service and flawless operation. Iberia Airlines' İstanbul Station Manager Banu Işın sent a letter of thanks to the station that said, “I thank you in the name of my company for your close attention during the operation of our extra aircraft that landed in İzmir yesterday. I hope we would organize more flights to İzmir in the near future and be able to receive this exceptional service more often.”