There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sabah by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane EDI - SDK
23h 45mRM 1,875–5,581Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane GLA - BKI
23hRM 1,029–6,219Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane EDI - TWU
22h 19mRM 2,201–6,616Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane MAN - BKI
23h 11mRM 1,841–6,250Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane EDI - BKI
24h 22mRM 1,051–5,551Train to Newcastle, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane NCL - BKI
27h 53mRM 1,362–5,501Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane EDI - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
31h 11mRM 1,698–5,649
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sabah is to fly which costs RM 1000 - RM 6000 and takes 24h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sabah is to fly which takes 22h 19m and costs RM 2200 - RM 7000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sabah is 11349 km.
It takes approximately 23h 45m to get from Edinburgh to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 7h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 10:35 AM in Edinburgh and 5:35 PM in Sabah.
There are 1253+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sabah, Malaysia?
Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–8,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Beijing Capital, Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,000–5,500
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–10,000
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–9,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–7,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Doha, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,500–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Oslo, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–9,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–9,500
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–10,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 900–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Beijing Capital, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,000–5,500
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,000–6,500
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–7,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–5,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 110–200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 440–750
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 230–400
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 180–290
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 340–490
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 140–240
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 088-751722
- sipitangexpress@yahoo.com.my
- Website
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 35–80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
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