There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Sabah by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane ZRH - BKI
20h 6mRM 1,334–4,439Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane MXP - BKI
21h 42mRM 1,333–3,699Fly Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane ZRH - SDK
21h 9mRM 1,358–3,669Fly Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane ZRH - TWU
20h 48mRM 1,584–4,404Fly Zurich Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane ZRH - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
24h 50mRM 2,126–6,637Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane MUC - BKI
23h 17mRM 1,936–5,336
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Sabah is to train and fly which costs RM 1300 - RM 3700 and takes 21h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Sabah is to fly which takes 20h 6m and costs RM 1300 - RM 4500.
The distance between Zurich and Sabah is 10825 km.
It takes approximately 20h 6m to get from Zurich to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 7h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 11:00 AM in Zurich and 6:00 PM in Sabah.
There are 1276+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Sabah, Malaysia?
Singapore Airlines, Scoot Tigerair, and eight other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–9,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–8,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–9,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–8,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–13,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–9,500
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sandakan Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–4,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brunei International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–7,500
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,100–3,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–6,000
- Website
- greaterbay-airlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tawau Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,300
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–6,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 200–370
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 110–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 28–35
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 45–65
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- RM 342–346
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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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