There are 5 ways to get from Cairo to Sabah by plane or train
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Fly Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane CAI - BKI
19h 55mRM 1,802–5,502Fly Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane CAI - SDK
20h 33mRM 1,226–3,432Fly Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane CAI - TWU
20h 2mRM 1,552–4,367Train to Alexandria, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Cairo to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Alexandria (ALY) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane ALY - BKI
22h 20mRM 1,907–5,633Fly Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Lahad Datu Airport (LDU)plane CAI - LDU
26h 30mRM 1,902–5,502
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Sabah is to fly which costs RM 1200 - RM 3500 and takes 20h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Sabah is to fly which takes 19h 55m and costs RM 1800 - RM 5500.
The distance between Cairo and Sabah is 9199 km.
It takes approximately 19h 55m to get from Cairo to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 5h ahead of Cairo. It is currently 8:55 AM in Cairo and 1:55 PM in Sabah.
There are 1123+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Sabah, Malaysia?
Egyptair, AirAsia, and four other airlines fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–7,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,300
Flights from Alexandria to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–5,500
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–6,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–7,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,300
Flights from Alexandria to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–5,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,500–6,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–3,400
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–3,400
Flights from Alexandria to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–5,500
- Website
- maswings.com.my
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–6,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–6,000
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Sandakan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,500
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–3,200
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,300
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–7,500
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–7,500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–6,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Tawau Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–7,500
Train operators
- Phone
- 1661
- support@enr.gov.eg
- Website
- enr.gov.eg
Train from Cairo to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 4–130
- Schedules at
- enr.gov.eg
- Tourist
- RM 70–130
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