There are 8 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
22h 45mRM 1,676–6,082Train 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
21h 57mRM 1,295–4,608Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane EDI - TWU
22h 34mRM 1,802–6,617Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Sandakan Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane GLA - SDK
22h 30mRM 1,419–7,438Train 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
22h 31mRM 1,946–3,795Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane EDI - BKI
21h 47mRM 1,352–3,852Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Tawau Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane MAN - TWU
24h 58mRM 1,596–4,960Fly 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
27h 26mRM 2,944–9,151
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sabah is to train and fly which costs RM 1900 - RM 3800 and takes 22h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sabah is to fly which takes 21h 47m and costs RM 1300 - RM 3900.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sabah is 11349 km.
It takes approximately 22h 45m to get from Edinburgh to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:10 PM in Edinburgh and 10:10 PM in Sabah.
There are 1273+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sabah, Malaysia?
Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sandakan Airport (SDK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sandakan Airport via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–7,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–11,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Doha, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–6,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–11,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tawau Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–9,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sandakan Airport via London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tawau Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–9,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–10,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–11,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–11,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Dubai, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,000–10,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Doha, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Doha, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–9,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,000–10,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tawau Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tawau Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Beijing Capital, Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–7,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,200
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–3,800
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tawau Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,300
- Website
- greaterbay-airlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tawau Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,900
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tawau Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–11,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 94–97
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RM 94–97
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 320–410
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- RM 1,100–1,250
- Sleeper Seat
- RM 320–410
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- RM 1,200–1,500
- 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 140–600
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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 80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
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