There are 6 ways to get from London to Sabah by train, plane, car, or bus
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Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane LGW - BKI
20h 17mRM 1,374–3,939Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane LHR - BKI
18h 50mRM 2,157–4,950Fly London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane LHR - SDK
20h 28mRM 1,881–6,680Fly London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane LHR - TWU
20h 47mRM 2,307–6,215Fly London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane LHR - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
25h 4mRM 1,949–3,549Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Tawau Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane LGW - TWU
22h 44mRM 1,424–4,104
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Sabah is to train and fly which costs RM 1300 - RM 4000 and takes 20h 17m.
The fastest way to get from London to Sabah is to fly which takes 18h 50m and costs RM 2100 - RM 5000.
The distance between London and Sabah is 11302 km.
It takes approximately 20h 17m to get from London to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 8h ahead of London. It is currently 6:27 AM in London and 2:27 PM in Sabah.
There are 1273+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between London, England and Sabah, Malaysia?
Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and six other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–9,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tawau Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tawau Airport via Zhengzhou, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,400
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–17,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Zhengzhou, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,700
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,600–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–9,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tawau Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–3,900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,100–9,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–3,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Website
- greaterbay-airlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,500
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tawau Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–11,000
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 70–130
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 137–140
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- 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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