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  About Belfast

Belfast is a city in Northern Ireland that you must visit at least once in your life. Add the City to your itinerary if you are planning a trip to Ireland. One of the major attractions in Belfast is the Titanic Studios where Game of Thrones was shot. The City is also known for its music festivals, art, lush greenery and the friendliest people in the world. No one parties harder than Irish people, and you will love every second of it. You will leave the City with a lot of friends in your phonebook. No matter what your budget is, you can book a hotel in Belfast that is luxurious, in your budget and fits all of your necessities. The City is also popular for its mighty mountains and a captivating view of the City from up top. You will also find stunning, breathtaking castles in the City. Belfast is also known for murals of the Peace Wall. You will want to extend your holiday by a few more days the moment you reach Belfast.

Best Time to Visit Belfast

Summer is considered as one of the best seasons to visit Belfast and is a high season here. It is every traveller's dream destination, especially in summer. The City experiences summer from April to June. Not only will you get to attend a lot of music festivals and events during this time, but it is also a great time to go pub crawling and make loads of friends. You can also attend the Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival in May that is quite popular here. You will come across a lot of maritime-themed restaurants, shows and activities in the City during this time. The Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon also takes place in May and is the perfect activity for all sports and fitness enthusiasts. A lot of beer festivals and outdoor pub events also happen in summer, and being a part of those will only spruce up your vacation. Booking a hotel in Belfast during this time can be quite hectic if not done in advance. Please make sure you also book your flight tickets to Belfast well in advance since it is peak season and getting tickets at an affordable price at the last moment will be difficult.

July to October is autumn season in Geneva, and the heat becomes bearable for tourists. The number of tourists does drop, but the weather remains pleasant, making it yet another ideal time for tourists to head to Belfast. Since it is the onset of winter, the weather can get a tad chilly, so make sure you pack your jacket, too, to keep you warm in the evenings. Since it is not the high tourist season, you will get cheap flight tickets to Belfast in autumn. You will get a great deal on flights to Belfast and affordable accommodation, too. August has a lot of open-air festivals in store for you and the Inn Farmers' Market, too.

Winter sets in from November to February. January and February are the coldest months in Belfast, and it is not the best time to visit the City. Even though the City does not witness heavy snowfall, the temperature drops below 0 degree Celsius, and there is mild snowfall. However, if you are in the City during winter, you will love the Christmas and New Year celebrations here. The City is also adorned with fairy lights and decorations for the festive spirit. February to April is the spring season in Belfast, and it is a pleasant time to plan a holiday here. The City looks far more beautiful in spring, and you will love it here. Make sure you also attend the Belfast Film Festival in April if you are a movie buff. Make sure you also attend the Spring Fair and Flower Show. It is a great place to take your kids to, and you will also get to binge on some great food. Flight tickets to Belfast are comparatively cheaper since it is not tourist season yet. If you want to avoid crowds, spring and autumn are the ideal seasons to plan your trip to Belfast.

Places to Visit in Belfast

If you are visiting Belfast in summer, you must go for a stroll at Victoria Park. Starting your day with a morning walk at the park is the perfect start to a great day in Belfast. Cathedral Quarter is known as Belfast's mini village and is the perfect place to experience the City's tradition. From pubs and restaurants to the cobbled street walkways and a picturesque landscape, it makes for a perfect getaway. Grand Opera House is another popular tourist attraction here. You will find yourself admiring the Victorian-styles walls along with the performances. St Anne's Cathedral is one of the main reasons behind the inception of Cathedral Quarter's name. The cathedral was constructed in 1904, and the architecture is simply marvellous. Not only will you love the view from outside the cathedral but also from inside. Crumlin Road Gaol is a historical site and had once served as a jail. You can learn all about the history of the place, the prisoners it housed and what led to its closing.

The City Hall is located in the centre of Belfast, and you can go on a guided tour here. If you have sightseeing planned for the day, make sure you also add City Hall to it. City Hall is near Queen Victoria's statue and the Titanic Memorial site. If you are in the City with your family or want to get to know the City better, head over to the five-storeyed Ulster Museum. Titanic Belfast is one of the best attractions in the City and a highly recommended one, too. The City also has botanical gardens that you cannot miss if you love nature. Queen's University and Naughton Gallery is next to Botanic Gardens and is one of the most beautiful campuses in the United Kingdom. Victoria Square is yet another tourist spot that is quite popular here. Belfast Castle is another popular tourist in the City that you must visit.

Things to do in Belfast

You can sign up for a sightseeing tour of the City, or you can explore the City on your own. Put on your fanciest outfit and head over to attend a performance at the Grand Opera House. You can either head to the opera house after dinner or go for dinner at the fanciest restaurants after catching a performance at the opera house. Put all of your photography skills to use at City Hall and the cathedrals in Belfast. The City is also known for its vibrant nightlife and going on a pub crawl is mandatory. The Irish are known for being the friendliest people, and they do know how to party. You can either try the traditional, older places in the City or head to the new clubs. Go on a hike at the Black Mountain, which is one of the most popular attractions here. You can head to Titanic Studios and take a tour of the place where Game of Thrones was shot. You can also sign up for a special Game of Thrones tour if you are a fan of the show.

Foods and Restaurants in Belfast

Not just pubs and bars but Belfast is also known for its cuisines and restaurants. Be it grilled steak, fresh seafood or a variety of vegetarian food, and you will find everything here. Molly's Yard is a popular place to try authentic Irish food. It is located near Queen's University and is almost always full. The food here is also quite affordable. Hadskis, in Cathedral Quarter, is a popular restaurant for delicious European and British delicacies. Head over to Belfast for its unique food cocktail menu. Make sure you try their fish soaked in gin. The restaurants here serve you fresh seafood, right out of the shores of Ireland. You can visit Coco for delicious salted caramel pudding and cocktail.

How to reach Belfast

Belfast International Airport and George Best Belfast City Airport are the two airports that serve the City. The flight connectivity to Belfast from India is excellent. Aer Lingus, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways are some of the airlines that fly to and from Belfast quite frequently. However, there are no direct flights to Belfast. Layover at London or a change of flight from London is one of the popular routes to Belfast. If you book in advance, you will get cheap flight tickets to Belfast. If you are planning a multi-city tour of the United Kingdom, you can also reach Belfast by rail or road. It is well-connected to the other cities in Ireland and the UK, though reaching the City by air is the most preferred and convenient way to reach. If you want to experience the lush greenery and magnificent views through your journey, you can take a taxi or train from another city to get to Belfast. Travelling within the country is quite convenient.

  About KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, professionally known as Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, is the national flag carrier of the Netherlands. The airline has its headquarters in Amstelveen with its main hub in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airline is part of the Air France - KLM group and is also a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. It was founded in 1919 and is easily the oldest airline in the world, which is over a century old. Despite being in the aviation industry for 100 years, KLM has not undergone a rebranding in terms of its name. As of 2015, the airline accommodated 35,488 employees and had a fleet size of 119. KLM operates as a scheduled passenger and cargo carrier with services to over 145 destinations worldwide. The airline's first flight, following its establishment in 1919, took place in 1920 from Croydon Airport in London to Amsterdam. For the same, a leased Aircraft Transport and Travel de Havilland DH - 16 was used. It carried two British journalists along with some newspapers. The same year, the airline also carried about 440 passengers along with 22 tonnes of freight.

KLM made its international debut by flying its first international flight to Jakarta and Java, which were part of the Dutch colony and called Dutch East Indies during that period. The airline expanded its wings and acquired more destinations in Europe such as Rotterdam, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Malmö, Bremen, Paris and London. With the onset of World War II, the flight operations were put on hold as all the aircraft was shifted to Britain following an invasion by Germany. Post World War II, the airline underwent some significant losses. The Dutch government expressed its desire to gain more stakes in the airline and nationalised it in the process. However, under Albert Plesman's leadership, KLM did not agree to the deal and continued to be a private entity. But as he passed away in 1953, the Ditch government intervened to save KLM from the economic crisis and eventually nationalised the airline. KLM entered the Jet age by acquiring the four-engine turboprop aircraft of Vickers Viscount 800 in 1959. They also acquired the first Douglas DC-8 jet to join their fleet. The following years witnessed quite a few leadership changes as many of the presidents who took office in KLM suffered from health issues or accidents and deaths.

By 1975, KLM started adding Boeing combi aircraft in its fleet which predominantly consisted of Douglas DC-8 aircraft. The idea was to introduce flights that would cater to passengers as well as carry freight. This was followed by some significant changes in the airline's fleet as they started acquiring more Boeing and Airbus aircraft to replace the Douglas planes. The airline also suffered from some economic crisis which led to the Dutch government intervening once again to take up more shares in the venture and bring it out of losses. In 1995, KLM managed to stabilise its finances and buy back the shares from the Dutch government yet again to become a private company. In 2003, the airline agreed to merge with Air France and become partners to the subsidiary Air France - KLM. While retaining their own brands, the Air France - KLM subsidiary's key hubs became Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Air France - KLM was also listed on the Euronext exchanges in Paris, Amsterdam as well as New York. The same year, KLM and Northwest joined the airline alliance SkyTeam.

KLM celebrated its centennial in 2019 as it was founded in 1919. As an airline that has managed to sustain for an entire century and to operate under its original name with no rebranding or renaming, KLM is the first airline in the world to have achieved such a feat. It has also been the recipient of several accolades included Best Airline Staff Service in Europe which was recognised at the World Airline Awards 2013.

Fleet size of KLM

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has a fleet size of 116 which includes aircraft such as Airbus A330-200, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 777-300ERs and more. The airline's fleet mainly consists of a series of Boeing aircraft with variants of Airbus A330 model. The fleet size includes the cargo fleet too, which comprises four Boeing 747-400ERFs. The airline's first of the eight Boeing 787-10 aircraft were delivered in 2019, which also marked its centennial in the aviation industry. In 2013, the airline ordered seven Airbus A350-900s to join the fleet. However, in 2019, the Air France - KLM airline announced that they would not be taking any of KLM's ordered A350s for fleet rationalisation purposes. In the same year, KLM's CEO made an announcement at Air France's Investor Day that the airline will only be accommodating and utilising 777 and 787 aircraft from Boeing for their long-haul flight journeys. With this, they plan to retire thirteen of their A330s. The aim is to make KLM an all-Boeing airline which has room for no other aircraft.

Baggage Allowance

KLM Royal Airlines' baggage allowance follows the standard protocols set by global aviation. Passengers travelling from the economy class will be required to carry a weight of maximum 23 kg and a combined dimension of 158 cm. However, passengers who are part of SkyTeam Elite, Elite Plus or members of Flying Blue Silver, Gold and Platinum programmes are allowed to carry a piece of extra baggage along with them for checked luggage. However, the weight and dimensions of the baggage must be the same as mentioned. The business class passengers are allowed to carry two items of baggage that can weigh as much as 32 kg. The dimension of the baggage should also not exceed 158 cm, the same as the economy class. However, passengers who are members of the SkyTeam elite programmes or the KLM Flying Blue programmes will receive an additional baggage piece that they can carry.

The hand baggage that can be taken in the cabin also depends on the ticket type of passenger. The economy class passengers are allowed to carry about 1 item of hand baggage along with an accessory bag which could be a laptop bag, briefcase, handbag, etc. The collective weight of the hand baggage should not exceed 12 kg, and the dimension should not go beyond 55 x 35 x 25 cm for the luggage and 40 x 30 x 15 cm for an accessory bag. With the same criteria for the business class' hand baggage, the airline does offer two pieces of bags instead of one, and the total weight cannot exceed 18 kg.

In-flight services

KLM's in-flight services cater to the comfort and convenience of the passengers who are travelling with the airline. Right from exquisite seating arrangement equipped with best facilities like legroom, personal lamp, entertainment system to amazing in-flight meals, KLM has the best in-flight services to offer.

Popular routes and top cities for KLM

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' illustrious history in the aviation industry goes back a hundred years. They have since extended their domestic routes and international routes phenomenally by acquiring services to a slew of destinations. What started as a 12-days long flight between Amsterdam to Batavia (present-day Jakarta) has since witnessed tremendous growth in terms of catering to many cities in the world. Currently, the airline services two domestic routes while connecting with 133 international route destinations that are spread across 66 countries.

Some of the top cities for KLM include Buenos Aires, Graz, Vienna, Manama, Rio de Janeiro, Brussels, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Beijing, Shanghai, San Jose, Zagreb, Prague, Copenhagen, Quito, Helsinki, Bordeaux, Nice, Paris, Marseille, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Accra, Athens, Hong Kong, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Jakarta, Dublin, Florence, Rome, Milan, Osaka, Tokyo-Narita, Kuwait City, Luxembourg City, Amsterdam, Lagos, Muscat, Manila, Warsaw, Lisbon, Moscow, Singapore, Cape Town, Seoul, Ibiza, Madrid, Stockholm, Geneva, Bangkok, Istanbul, Dubai, Bristol, London, Manchester, New York City, San Francisco, Newark, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Ho Chi Minh City and Lusaka, to name a few.

KLM also has codeshare agreements with a plethora of airlines including Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Air France, Air Mauritius, Bangkok Airways, Alitalia, China Airlines, Copa Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Kenya Airways, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Oman Air, Saudia, Qantas, Sichuan Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, WestJet and XianmenAir, to name a few.

Why travel by KLM?

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is a legacy that is recognised worldwide for being the oldest airline. The company has grown with time and further worked on constantly engaging their loyal customers with the best of in-flight services and flight experience. Passengers can do web check-ins on the airline's website as well as a mobile app. They can further book a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight ticket too and get updates on the flight status. For passengers to need to know more about the KLM flight schedules, the same can be found on the airline's official website. The option to book KLM flights are also available on various other travel websites.