There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Sabah by bus, plane, taxi, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Frankfurt, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane FRA - BKI
21h 32mRM 1,580–6,383Taxi, train, train to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbftrain
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane PAD - BKI
25h 23mBus to Frankfurt, fly to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane FRA - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
26h 52mRM 2,627–6,981Bus to Frankfurt, fly to Sandakan Airport
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane FRA - SDK
22h 45mRM 2,004–5,013Bus to Frankfurt, fly to Tawau Airport
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane FRA - TWU
22h 49mRM 2,630–4,848
Frankfurt (FRA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Sabah is to bus and fly which costs RM 2600 - RM 4900 and takes 22h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Sabah is to bus and fly which takes 21h 32m and costs RM 1500 - RM 6500.
The distance between Europe and Sabah is 10947 km.
It takes approximately 21h 32m to get from Europe to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 6h ahead of Europe. It is currently 12:21 AM in Europe and 6:21 AM in Sabah.
There are 282+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Europe and Sabah, Malaysia?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Sabah. However, you can take the taxi to Eisenach, take the bus to Frankfurt central train station, walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, then fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI). Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Witzenhausen Nord, take the train to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe, take the train to Paderborn Hbf, take the taxi to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) airport, then fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI).
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–7,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–6,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Munich, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,100–14,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Sandakan Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sandakan Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Tawau Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–13,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tawau Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tawau Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tawau Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–7,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,500–16,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–10,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Munich, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,800–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,500–16,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–7,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–13,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Antalya, Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,200–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sandakan Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Antalya, Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,200–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sandakan Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,600
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–11,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,000–6,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–7,500
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,000–13,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Brunei International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–11,000
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 45–65
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.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 35–80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- RM 480–600
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
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