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RM 1,993 Find cheap flights from the United Kingdom to Kota Kinabalu

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight to Kota Kinabalu departing on 3/1. 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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Flights to Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Kota Kinabalu to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Kota Kinabalu?

The average price of all flights to Kota Kinabalu clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Kota Kinabalu is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as RM 5,116. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where prices are RM 7,833 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Kota Kinabalu is November, where tickets cost RM 4,125 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is RM 6,409 and RM 5,890 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of RM 3,177.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Kota Kinabalu?

The average price for all flights to Kota Kinabalu depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Kota Kinabalu is generally at night, when flights cost RM 3,305 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Kota Kinabalu is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is RM 5,116.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 34 days before departure.

Good to know

Low season

November

High season

January

Cheapest flight

RM 1,993
Best time to beat the crowds (22% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
Flight from London Stansted Airport to Kota Kinabalu

FAQs - booking Kota Kinabalu flights

  • How far is Kota Kinabalu Airport from central Kota Kinabalu?

    Kota Kinabalu Airport is 6 km from the centre of Kota Kinabalu.

  • What is the name of Kota Kinabalu’s airport?

    Kota Kinabalu is served by Kota Kinabalu Airport, also commonly referred to as Kota Kinabalu or Kota Kinabalu Intl. The airport code is BKI.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Kota Kinabalu.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Kota Kinabalu?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Kota Kinabalu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Kota Kinabalu with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Kota Kinabalu?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Kota Kinabalu up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many direct flights to Kota Kinabalu are there each week?

    Each week there are around 451 direct flights from within United Kingdom to Kota Kinabalu. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Kota Kinabalu

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be March, April and May. The cheapest month to fly from the United Kingdom is February.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Kota Kinabalu flight deals.

Prefer to fly direct to Kota Kinabalu?

Find which airlines fly direct to Kota Kinabalu Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

United Kingdom to Kota Kinabalu

Monday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +26 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +27 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Wednesday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +25 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +26 more

Thursday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Friday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Saturday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +27 more

Sunday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

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Direct returns

Kota Kinabalu to United Kingdom

Monday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +26 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +27 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Wednesday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +25 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +26 more

Thursday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Friday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Saturday

Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

Air Busan, AirAsia, +27 more

Sunday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, +25 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +26 more

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Top airline flying from the United Kingdom to Kota Kinabalu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Kota Kinabalu. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Kota Kinabalu. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with 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.
7.3
Malaysia AirlinesOverall score based on 300 reviews
7.6Boarding
7.5Comfort
6.8Entertainment
7.0Food
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

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

2.0 MediocreCanmy, Oct 2024KUL - MEL
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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.

Book cheap flights from the United Kingdom to Kota Kinabalu

Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
1/12Sun
2 stopsChina Southern
40h 45mLHR-BKI
13/12Fri
1 stopChina Southern
22h 45mBKI-LHR
RM 2,579
1/12Sun
1 stopChina Southern
36h 00mLHR-BKI
13/12Fri
1 stopChina Southern
22h 45mBKI-LHR
RM 2,677
1/12Sun
1 stopChina Eastern
30h 00mLGW-BKI
13/12Fri
1 stopChina Eastern
20h 30mBKI-LGW
RM 2,766
14/2Fri
1 stopChina Eastern
22h 40mLHR-BKI
20/2Thu
1 stopChina Eastern
20h 25mBKI-LHR
RM 3,267
1/12Sun
1 stop
37h 30mLGW-BKI
14/12Sat
2 stops
43h 50mBKI-LGW
RM 3,383
1/12Sun
2 stops
29h 05mLGW-BKI
14/12Sat
2 stops
29h 15mBKI-LGW
RM 3,522
1/12Sun
2 stopsEtihad Airways
27h 40mLHR-BKI
14/12Sat
2 stopsEtihad Airways
28h 55mBKI-LHR
RM 4,107
17/1Fri
2 stopsEtihad Airways
27h 40mLHR-BKI
9/2Sun
2 stopsEtihad Airways
27h 25mBKI-LHR
RM 4,272
14/2Fri
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
20h 55mLHR-BKI
21/2Fri
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
18h 05mBKI-LHR
RM 5,381
26/1Sun
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
16h 45mLHR-BKI
24/3Mon
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
18h 05mBKI-LHR
RM 26,206

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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 Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/1Fri
3 stops
47h 30mSTN-BKI
RM 1,993
3/1Fri
3 stops
34h 30mLGW-BKI
RM 2,105
13/12Fri
3 stops
57h 05mSTN-BKI
RM 2,163
3/1Fri
1 stopChina Southern
31h 20mLGW-BKI
RM 2,181
13/12Fri
3 stops
58h 15mLGW-BKI
RM 2,190
3/1Fri
2 stops
26h 00mLGW-BKI
RM 2,239
3/1Fri
2 stops
35h 10mSTN-BKI
RM 2,284
13/12Fri
2 stops
50h 35mLGW-BKI
RM 2,400
13/12Fri
1 stopAsiana Airlines
20h 25mLHR-BKI
RM 5,854
3/1Fri
2 stopsChina Eastern
32h 00mLCY-BKI
RM 6,029

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Everything you need to know for your flight to Kota Kinabalu

Information on the airport you'll fly into in Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu (BKI)

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