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 48mRM 1,372–6,156Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane LHR - BKI
18h 59mRM 2,155–4,769Fly London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane LCY - BKI
22h 4mRM 2,212–8,020Fly London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane LHR - SDK
19h 47mRM 2,279–11,199Fly London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane LHR - TWU
26h 11mRM 1,605–9,234Fly 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
24h 3mRM 2,802–9,767
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Sabah is to fly which costs RM 2100 - RM 4800 and takes 18h 59m.
The fastest way to get from London to Sabah is to fly which takes 18h 59m and costs RM 2100 - RM 4800.
The distance between London and Sabah is 11302 km.
It takes approximately 20h 48m to get from London to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 7h ahead of London. It is currently 11:14 PM in London and 6:14 AM in Sabah.
There are 1227+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–9,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–10,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,900–14,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–10,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–19,000
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–10,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–7,500
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Frankfurt, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tawau Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–9,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–7,500
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–10,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Frankfurt, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–10,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–6,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–10,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–8,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brunei International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–12,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–7,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–8,500
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–8,500
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from London City Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–8,000
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 70–150
- 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 95–160
- 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 35–80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
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