There are 4 ways to get from Sydney to George Town by plane, train, car ferry or ferry
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Fly Sydney to Alor Setar, train, car ferry
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Fly from Sydney (SYD) to Alor Setar (AOR)
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Take the train from Anak Bukit to Butterworth
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Take the car ferry from Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal to Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal
Fly Sydney to Langkawi, ferry
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Fly from Sydney (SYD) to Langkawi (LGK)
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Take the ferry from Kuah Ferry Terminal to Swettenham Pier
Train to Newcastle, fly to Penang
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Take the train from Central Station to Hamilton Station
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Fly from Newcastle (NTL) to Penang (PEN)
Sydney (SYD) to Penang (PEN) flights
The flight time between Sydney (SYD) and Penang (PEN) is around 14h 16m and covers a distance of around 6894 km. This includes an average layover time of around 3h 49m. Services are operated by Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Scoot Tigerair and others. Typically 201 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to George Town is to fly which costs $260 - $750 and takes 14h 7m.
The quickest way to get from Sydney to George Town is to fly which costs $260 - $750 and takes 14h 7m.
The distance between Sydney and George Town is 6897 km.
It takes approximately 14h 7m to get from Sydney to George Town, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Sydney Airport to Penang Airport. The quickest flight takes 10h 55m and has one stopover.
George Town is 2h behind Sydney. It is currently 6:25 PM in Sydney and 4:25 PM in George Town.
Qantas, Jetstar Asia Airways, Thai Airways International and five other airlines offer flights from Sydney Airport to Penang Airport.
There are 1597+ hotels available in George Town. Prices start at RM 500 per night.
The best way to get from Sydney to Sydney Airport is to train which takes 22 min and costs $18 - $22.
- Distance: 6896.6 km
- Duration: 14h 7m
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and George Town, Malaysia?
Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines and 13 other airlines fly from Sydney to George Town hourly.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1500 - RM 3700
Flights from Sydney to Alor Setar via Singapore Changi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1300 - RM 5500
Flights from Sydney to Langkawi via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1700 - RM 7500
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1400 - RM 5500
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Sydney, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1300 - RM 5500
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Melbourne, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1400 - RM 6000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2000 - RM 5500
Flights from Sydney to Alor Setar via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1200 - RM 3500
Flights from Sydney to Langkawi via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2200 - RM 11000
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2100 - RM 6000
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Sydney, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1600 - RM 4300
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1700 - RM 4600
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2000 - RM 5500
Flights from Sydney to Alor Setar via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1200 - RM 3500
Flights from Sydney to Langkawi via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2200 - RM 11000
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2100 - RM 6000
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Sydney, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1600 - RM 4300
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1700 - RM 4600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1900 - RM 4800
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1400 - RM 5500
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Sydney, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1300 - RM 5500
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Melbourne, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1400 - RM 6000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 900 - RM 2100
Flights from Sydney to Langkawi via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 850 - RM 4100
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2100 - RM 4800
Flights from Newcastle to Penang via Melbourne, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1200 - RM 3900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2200 - RM 4700
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1800 - RM 3800
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Sydney to Penang via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2000 - RM 6000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Sydney to Langkawi via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2400 - RM 6500
- Phone
- +60 3 2267 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- ktmb.com.my
Train from Anak Bukit to Butterworth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 12 - RM 15
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my/Komuter.html
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Central Station to Hamilton Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 27 - RM 40
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/
- Schedules at
- https://transportnsw.info/routes/train
- Opal card
- RM 27 - RM 40
- Opal single trip ticket
- RM 30 - RM 45
- Phone
- 03-7885 2585
- suggest@rapidkl.com.my
- Website
- myrapid.com.my
Car ferry from Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal to Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 1 - RM 8
- Schedules at
- myrapid.com.my
- Adult passenger
- RM 2
- Car
- RM 8
- Bicycle
- RM 2
- Motorcycle
- RM 2
- Tricycle
- RM 3
- Phone
- +60 4 9660 521
- sffvpenang.ticket@gmail.com
- Website
- superfastferry.com.my
Ferry from Kuah Ferry Terminal to Swettenham Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RM 74
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/super-fast-ferry-ventures
- Website
- https://superfastferry.com.my/
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