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RM 109 Find cheap flights from Asia to Kota Kinabalu

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Asia to Kota Kinabalu

Monday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +24 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +25 more

Wednesday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +24 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +25 more

Thursday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +24 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +25 more

Friday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +23 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +24 more

Saturday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +23 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +24 more

Sunday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

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Kota Kinabalu to Asia

Monday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +24 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +25 more

Wednesday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +24 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +25 more

Thursday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +24 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +25 more

Friday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +23 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +24 more

Saturday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +23 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +24 more

Sunday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Asia to Kota Kinabalu

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Asia to Kota Kinabalu? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.8
FireflyOverall score based on 26 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.0Food
6.3Entertainment
8.0Crew
7.4Boarding
Airline reviews

They used the ATR 72-500 for the route and I love it.

10.0 ExcellentAndrew, Oct 2024JHB - SZB
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They used the ATR 72-500 for the route and I love it.

Delayed 7 hours plus. Given $15 worth of meal at Subway but it was actually we can only choose 1 set meal instead of $15 of anything. The staff at subway weren’t happy to serve huge group of us. No detailed explanation given by the airline and we just have to keep looking for information at the departure tv screen.

Was all very easy, from buying the ticket online to walking stratup to the check-in desk, helpful and friendly checkin staff, punctual take off, good standard of aircraft, luggage was waiting by the time I had cleared immigration. Thumbs up all round.

No frills, basic flight in a puddle jumper. I wasn’t expecting refreshments nor entertainment. Everything was efficient, and everyone was pleasant.

The only problem was that I bought ticket on a third party app but I have to pay extra luggage cost, because of in their system different from my bought ticket. Every other was perfect

I don’t like the sour face of the check in staff at Penang international airport, front desk service provider should be more friendly n smiles always 😊

It was delayed for more than 1 hour due to LIMA when many planes landed & took-off at the same time. It could ve been better if the pilot or crew informed us every few minutes so that we know what’s going on.

The flight isn’t great, as the plane has faulty with light and noise. It blinks and make noise for 8hrs non stop! Causing health and sensory issues! Causing Hazard matter to all 3 babies that on bassinet seats. This matters affected 12 passengers and the most horrible flight I ever experience. Have been flying with MAS for more 30yrs and this is the worst! Very disappointed

AC not working, just slowly blowing room temperature air. Long taxi time does not help as well. Sweating all over the whole trip.

Did not take as cancelled 3 time so took another airline

It was a 2-hour flight so they didn't have much time for serving food. There was some turbulence so they could not serve hot coffee or tea for the safety reason. Good service, good tasting food, nice plane, a little bit of delay.

The IFE is quite unconvenient if using our own device. Not all passenger brought their own earphone/headphone.

Ok, but legspace on MH0127 from Kul to Per was too small. It was not possible to tilt my seat which I don't understand because the seat in front of my could do it. So I didn't rest on the flight. Also, the crew was probably understaffed because it took very long time to take trash after the meal. Everything very different from the flight with Malaysian Airlines from London to KL.

Service / food has to be much better. Staff were not very attentive to requests. Requested for a second serve of coke and got a weird look back from the host! Was also told they don’t have extra water bottles when I requested for one before sleep! Dinner time food was very minimum and average.

An overnight Doha to KL. Great sleep, good service and tasty food in business class

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

The cabin was quite noisy as there were lots of children travelling for the school holidays. Found the selection of movies limited.

Instead of landing we had to go around and landed in Kuala Lumpur International Airport instead of Subang. Then we had to restart and arrived over 2.5 hrs late

As usual, poor communication on delays. No info, no updates, no apologies.

Boarding was nuts. Gate change. Delayed. No communication from gate staff. They seemed lost. Rest of the flight went well

Premium check in was worth it. Boarding process was a little chaotic. Seats were super cramped and I am less than 80kg and 180cm

It was good. The FACE check in at KLIA2 was not working.

should remind people who cough must wear the mask. A few persons surrounding keep coughing.

The flight delay... but bus from the airport be on time

Bad experience, delay like no tomorrow. Original schedule departure time at 9:30pm, delayed until 12:05am only depart.

Great. Very satisfied with a direct flight from Penang back to HK international. Stewards in the cabin were very friendly and helpful. Would not hesitate to fly with Air Asia in the future.

Second time flying on AirAsia. They’re fine for a low cost carrier, so I don’t expect high level hospitality. They could have informed us that the flight would be delayed even if by a few minutes, instead of the passengers asking the gate agents why we’re not boarding 8 minutes before takeoff. And given some of the passengers on this particular flight were problematic, the crew did great handling such people.

During this flight all the crew just focused on making money by selling food and drinks. There was only one washroom open. And it really smelled bad and wasn’t usable. Even to watch something onboard entertainment u have to rent headphones pathetic airline but only one with direct flight so pretty much the only option from Karachi to KL

Delayed for 3 hours, need to pay extra for drinking water.

The OD2204 KUL-LGK was delayed 40 minutes due to air-condition malfuntion, after inspection the technician give green light for the flight to go as usual but the air-condition is still not working properly, passengers complaining to the stewardess but they cannot do anything, I did tweet to @malindoair to complaint but no reply from them … hope this Batik Air is not having problem like Rayani Air and I do hope the management do respond to my complaint as well

Nasi lemak was horrible. Plain white rice, tasteless sambal, no cucumber, no kacang, no ikan bilis. And the chicken was colourless and tasteless, tasted like boiled chicken. Entertainment system didn't work at all.

2 delayed flights - hotel layover in a different country- lost baggage.

Silly to not even offer people water for free when they are paying so much for tickets.

You get what you pay for. It’s functional and gets you from point A to B in good comfort. However, food options are limited and cash only, Crew is a hit and miss .. they get your attention if you reach out.

Good leg room ... air conditioning was a bit warm don't Book row 8 ... no windows

They got to the terminal late, with no one on the arriving flight, boarded us late, and left us sitting there for 2 hours before they got us off the ground. They knew they were going to be late, yet they never got an updated flight plan from their head office until long after the flight was supposed to leave. They could have cut the delay in half, of at least let us stay in the terminal. Really just horrible planning.

The worst kind of budget airline. To be honest....the plane was not that bad. Would have been good to have some food choices and some water. What was by far the worse is the passengers/customers that this airline attracts. Coughing and spluttering all over one another with no masks. Just disgusting. Pay for a better carrier and get a better class of passenger.

Worst airline ever. They didn’t let me board although I had a connecting flight boarding pass. The reason was “we don’t have an agreement with Bhutan airlines” the hell? How do you hand out boarding passes and let someone go through the airport to the gate and then say we can’t board and have to go back to security. Who can make that flight/time? Completely irresponsible in communicating this. I’ll never fly MYairline.

Can’t expect more than this from a budget airlines. Excellent value for money. Cheap and on time service. That’s what matters.

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Recent return flight deals

22/11Fri
directAirAsia
0h 50mTWU-BKI
24/11Sun
directAirAsia
0h 50mBKI-TWU
RM 171
7/12Sat
directAirAsia
0h 50mTWU-BKI
8/12Sun
directAirAsia
0h 50mBKI-TWU
RM 175
16/11Sat
directAirAsia
0h 50mTWU-BKI
24/11Sun
directAirAsia
0h 50mBKI-TWU
RM 179
13/2Thu
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
17/2Mon
directFirefly
1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 219
26/2Wed
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
2/3Sun
directFirefly
1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 223
29/11Fri
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 50mTWU-BKI
1/12Sun
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 55mBKI-TWU
RM 346
29/11Fri
directBatik Air
2h 30mKUL-BKI
4/12Wed
directBatik Air
2h 40mBKI-KUL
RM 381
23/11Sat
directBatik Air
2h 30mKUL-BKI
25/11Mon
directBatik Air
2h 40mBKI-KUL
RM 385
16/11Sat
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 50mTWU-BKI
24/11Sun
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
24h 05mBKI-TWU
RM 460
15/1Wed
directAirAsia X
2h 45mKUL-BKI
18/1Sat
directAirAsia X
2h 35mBKI-KUL
RM 556

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20/12Fri
directAirAsia
0h 50mTWU-BKI
RM 109
6/1Mon
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
RM 114
18/1Sat
directAirAsia
0h 50mTWU-BKI
RM 114
13/11Wed
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
RM 127
8/11Fri
directBatik Air
2h 30mKUL-BKI
RM 193
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directBatik Air
2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 201
17/2Mon
directAirAsia X
2h 45mKUL-BKI
RM 210
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directAirAsia X
2h 45mKUL-BKI
RM 228
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2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 232
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Last minute flight, train and bus deals

4/11Mon
directAirAsia
1h 00mBTU-BKI
10/11Sun
directAirAsia
1h 00mBKI-BTU
RM 319
6/11Wed
directBatik Air
2h 30mKUL-BKI
9/11Sat
directBatik Air
2h 30mBKI-KUL
RM 328
6/11Wed
directT'way Air
5h 25mICN-BKI
13/11Wed
directT'way Air
5h 15mBKI-ICN
RM 547
8/11Fri
directT'way Air
5h 25mICN-BKI
13/11Wed
directT'way Air
5h 15mBKI-ICN
RM 556
8/11Fri
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
18h 35mKCH-BKI
10/11Sun
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
3h 15mBKI-KCH
RM 560
6/11Wed
directJeju Air
5h 40mICN-BKI
12/11Tue
directJeju Air
5h 10mBKI-ICN
RM 626
6/11Wed
directJeju Air
5h 40mICN-BKI
12/11Tue
directJeju Air
5h 10mBKI-ICN
RM 630
7/11Thu
directFirefly
2h 40mSZB-BKI
10/11Sun
directFirefly
2h 40mBKI-SZB
RM 661
8/11Fri
directFirefly
2h 40mSZB-BKI
10/11Sun
directFirefly
2h 40mBKI-SZB
RM 700
7/11Thu
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
9h 00mKCH-BKI
10/11Sun
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
3h 15mBKI-KCH
RM 770

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