RM 103 Find Cheap Flights to Sabah

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Malaysia to Sabah departing on 4/6. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Kota Kinabalu
Kota KinabaludirectRM 125
Tawau
TawaudirectRM 147
Sandakan
SandakandirectRM 174
Lahad Datu
Lahad DatudirectRM 380

Good to know

Low season

March

High season

December

Cheapest flight

RM 103
Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (11% more expensive on average)
Flight from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu

FAQs - booking Sabah flights

  • How long is the flight to Sabah?

    An average direct flight from Malaysia to Sabah takes 4h 58m, covering a distance of 2001 km. The most popular route is Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu with an average flight time of 2h 30m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Sabah?

    The cheapest ticket to Sabah from Malaysia found in the last 72 hours was RM 62 one-way, and RM 49 round-trip. The most popular route is Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was RM 299.

  • Which airlines fly to Sabah?

    AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines & Firefly fly the most frequently from Malaysia to Sabah.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Sabah?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Kota Kinabalu (72% of total searches to Sabah). The next most popular destinations are Tawau (17%) and Sandakan (8%).Searches for flights to Lahad Datu (2%) and to Kudat (0.0%) are also popular.

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Sabah

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Sabah? 25% of our users found return tickets to Sabah for the following prices or less: From Kota Kinabalu RM 160, from Kuching RM 192, from Johor Bahru RM 310
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be March and April. The cheapest month to fly from Malaysia is July.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Sabah flight deals.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Sabah

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Sabah. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Malaysia to Sabah. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Malaysia to Sabah? 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 27 reviews
7.4Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.0Crew
7.1Food
6.2Entertainment
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.

Jia yung was the flight attendant that made this a miserable flight.

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.

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.

All fine - you get what you pay for ! and it is a bargain

AirAsia kept us waiting for hours due to a technical issue with the plane, then eventually cancelled the flight. Unfortunately there is no-one to call or speak with at AirAsia, no customer service department at all, so I flew with another airline instead. Now I am going through the fun process of trying to get a refund from AirAsia. I strongly recommend that no-one flies with them, it's just not worth it.

The best part was Tony Fernandes actually reinstated the Buttercake menu. It has gone missing after Covid & i made a complaint in one of my Tweets back in October 2022. Both flight D170 & D171 landed very smoothly- kudos to both pilots!

The worst experience in any flight I have ever had, delayed for more than 10 hours, lost my other flight so I lost one day during my trip. Didn’t gave me facilities with my luggage either. Never again

I was next to a quite large person. Soni essentially had 2/3 of my seat for myself and couldn't sit properly. Even though there were some other seat available, the staff refuse that I occupy another seat.

Pros: The staff was very friendly. Cons: Long delay. The food is terrible.

I’m a frequent Traveler on all types of airlines, including budget. This was the worst flight experience I’ve ever had. Something was wrong with AirAsia’s systems and we were the whole flight was rescheduled to the following day, the third flight it happened to. Apart from an email which gave the new date the web and app said the original flight date which meant that there were hundreds of people queueing at the airport to try and find out what was going on. People waited six hours to talk to customer service who gave advice that didn’t match the web or app. Nightmare. just advertising for spending the extra hundred dollars I’ve ever seen.

Need to improve the availability of the food. Seems like everything sold out

Did not like that we were not informed about the 4 hour delay, crew not friendly, noone at terminals to consult with...all employees for Batrik were behind glass aftervgoing through security at the gate again. Why no agent at Gate H 10 to answer questions? And no apology. Updates would have eased anxiety. Boarding is disorderly also.

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

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Sabah found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/1Tue
directAirAsia
0h 45mSDK-BKI
11/1Sat
directAirAsia
0h 50mBKI-SDK
RM 130
7/1Tue
directAirAsia
0h 45mBKI-SDK
8/1Wed
directAirAsia
0h 45mSDK-BKI
RM 130
16/3Sun
directFirefly
0h 45mSDK-BKI
2/4Wed
directFirefly
0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 138
26/4Sat
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
29/4Tue
directFirefly
1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 201
5/1Sun
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 45mSDK-BKI
6/1Mon
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 241
9/1Thu
directBatik Air
2h 50mKUL-SDK
13/1Mon
directBatik Air
2h 50mSDK-KUL
RM 317
4/1Sat
directBatik Air
2h 50mKUL-SDK
11/1Sat
directBatik Air
2h 50mSDK-KUL
RM 322
26/4Sat
1 stopRoyal Brunei Airlines
7h 40mKCH-BKI
29/4Tue
1 stopRoyal Brunei Airlines
13h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 339
26/4Sat
1 stopRoyal Brunei Airlines
7h 40mKCH-BKI
29/4Tue
1 stopRoyal Brunei Airlines
13h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 344
5/1Sun
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
6h 00mSDK-BKI
6/1Mon
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 442

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Sabah found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/6Wed
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
RM 103
29/1Wed
directAirAsia
0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 103
31/12Tue
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
RM 112
10/1Fri
directBatik Air
2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 138
30/12Mon
directBatik Air
2h 50mKUL-SDK
RM 161
30/12Mon
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 55mKUL-TWU
RM 197
19/2Wed
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mPEN-BKI
RM 197
6/4Sun
directAirAsia X
2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 205
27/3Thu
directAirAsia X
2h 45mKUL-BKI
RM 322
27/3Thu
1 stopRoyal Brunei Airlines
10h 55mKUL-BKI
RM 657

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Last minute flights to Sabah

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Sabah that are departing in the next 10 days.
21/12Sat
directAirAsia
0h 45mSDK-BKI
25/12Wed
directAirAsia
0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 201
21/12Sat
directAirAsia
0h 45mSDK-BKI
29/12Sun
directAirAsia
0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 205
20/12Fri
direct
0h 45mSDK-BKI
24/12Tue
direct
0h 50mBKI-SDK
RM 295
22/12Sun
directBatik Air
3h 00mKUL-TWU
26/12Thu
directBatik Air
2h 55mTWU-KUL
RM 353
22/12Sun
directBatik Air
2h 50mKUL-SDK
25/12Wed
directBatik Air
2h 50mSDK-KUL
RM 353
23/12Mon
direct
3h 00mKUL-TWU
5/1Sun
direct
2h 40mTWU-KUL
RM 357
21/12Sat
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mKUL-SDK
24/12Tue
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mSDK-KUL
RM 398
22/12Sun
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mKUL-SDK
24/12Tue
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mSDK-KUL
RM 429
20/12Fri
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
24/1Fri
directFirefly
1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 724
19/12Thu
directFirefly
1h 30mKCH-BKI
20/12Fri
directFirefly
1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 782

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