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Cheapest return fare
£420
China Southern
Mon 1/3Thu 18/3
LGW - BKI • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
£325
China Eastern
Fri 13/11
LGW - BKI • 1 stop
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Recent return flight deals to Kota Kinabalu

Mon, 1 Mar - Thu, 18 Mar
China Southern Logo
09:50 - 00:30LGW  London Gatwick-BKI Kota Kinabalu
30h 40m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
China Southern Logo
19:05 - 06:30BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LGW London Gatwick
19h 25m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
£420China Southern
Mon, 1 Mar - Thu, 18 Mar
China Southern Logo
09:50 - 00:30LGW  London Gatwick-BKI Kota Kinabalu
30h 40m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
China Southern Logo
19:05 - 06:30BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LGW London Gatwick
19h 25m1 stop Guangzhou Baiyun
£423China Southern
Wed, 25 Nov - Sun, 29 Nov
China Eastern Logo
17:00 - 00:30LGW  London Gatwick-BKI Kota Kinabalu
23h 30m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
China Eastern Logo
01:30 - 06:30BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LGW London Gatwick
37h 00m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
£487China Eastern
Mon, 11 Jan - Tue, 19 Jan
China Eastern Logo
21:00 - 00:30LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
19h 30m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
China Eastern Logo
01:30 - 06:25BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
36h 55m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
£520China Eastern
Thu, 26 Nov - Fri, 4 Dec
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:30 - 00:30LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
28h 00m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
Multiple Airlines Logo
01:30 - 17:30BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
24h 00m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
£562Multiple Airlines
Mon, 11 Jan - Wed, 20 Jan
Multiple Airlines Logo
21:00 - 00:30LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
19h 30m1 stop Shanghai Pu Dong
Multiple Airlines Logo
09:50 - 17:30BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
39h 40m2 stops Kuala Lumpur Intl Shanghai Pu Dong
£575Multiple Airlines
Thu, 26 Nov - Sat, 28 Nov
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:00 - 00:35LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
29h 35m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
Cathay Pacific Logo
01:30 - 15:00BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
21h 30m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
£820Cathay Pacific
Fri, 11 Dec - Sat, 1 May
Royal Brunei Airlines Logo
16:55 - 16:10LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
15h 15m1 stop Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Intl
Royal Brunei Airlines Logo
17:10 - 06:25BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
20h 15m2 stops Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Intl Dubai Intl
£824Royal Brunei Airlines
Sun, 28 Mar - Fri, 9 Apr
Royal Brunei Airlines Logo
17:15 - 19:20LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
19h 05m2 stops Dubai Intl Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Intl
Royal Brunei Airlines Logo
21:45 - 06:25BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
39h 40m2 stops Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Intl Dubai Intl
£1,022Royal Brunei Airlines
Sun, 13 Dec - Thu, 31 Dec
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:00 - 00:35LHR  London Heathrow-BKI Kota Kinabalu
29h 35m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
Cathay Pacific Logo
01:30 - 20:10BKI  Kota Kinabalu-LHR London Heathrow
26h 40m1 stop Hong Kong Intl
£1,325Cathay Pacific
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Kota Kinabalu

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What is the cheapest flight to Kota Kinabalu?

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Kota Kinabalu was found on the route from London, at £420 return. The most popular connection is from London to Kota Kinabalu, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £420 in the last 5 days.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Kota Kinabalu?

The cheapest month for flights to Kota Kinabalu is May, where tickets cost £611 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is £1,022 and £982 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is November with an average price of £256.

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Low season

April

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£325
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 15% lower on average.
Flight from London Gatwick Airport to Kota Kinabalu

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FAQs - booking Kota Kinabalu flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Kota Kinabalu?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Kota Kinabalu was found on the route from London, at £420 return. The most popular connection is from London to Kota Kinabalu, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £420 in the last 5 days.

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

    Central Kota Kinabalu is 4 miles away from Kota Kinabalu Airport.

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

    When flying to Kota Kinabalu, you'll arrive at Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI). The airport is also known as Kota Kinabalu or Kota Kinabalu Intl.

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

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    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.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Kota Kinabalu

 
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1635 reviews
8.1Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.3Boarding
8.6Crew
7.8Food
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It was all good. Lovely attention by the crew. I lost my glasses but they did everything and eventually found them. They clean the toilets regularly which is a big plus for me.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Sept 2026
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It was all good. Lovely attention by the crew. I lost my glasses but they did everything and eventually found them. They clean the toilets regularly which is a big plus for me.

Really great service throughout and the food was really nice. I can highly recommend thank you very much.

Wish the seat don’t have restrictions, can’t fully insert backpack all the way inside.

I have difficulties to book wheelchair for my parents returned flight

Flight was delayed by baggage loading onto the plane. This was attributed to "inclement weather" (some moderate rain) which could be said to be beyond the airline's control, but the problematic part was that the plane was boarded and doors shut so that passengers sat in a cramped plane with rising temperature (full flight) for an hour. The airline was aware of the status of baggage loading, they could have deferred boarding to keep passengers comfortable.

Service excellent would chose Singapore airlines as my first choice

Good flight. Fiod was ready a bit late hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

A pc of cake or biscuit at least. The airport was like a maze need to take another bus to the main terminal to immigration.

Perfect experience from boarding through to leaving the flight, comfortable and personalised service from all staff, highly recommended

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. No entertainment on the 737-800NG. Somewhat squeezy.

Excellent staff excellent service! The staff was very good at providing beverages and food throughout the flight. I had a sore throat and they gave me a lot of hot tea, which I really appreciate. I had a problem with my screen where the movie kept restarting. Overall, a great flight and I like China Southern Airlines

Excellent service from the staff always!!!! Very professional staff! Thanks for the hot tea that I needed throughout the flight I had a problem with my entertainment screen, the movie kept restarting. Overall, a great flight and I would fly China Southern again ! Great Job 👏

Seats not comfortable. We had requested vegan meal and it wasn’t given.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

We were diverted to Chengdu, because of bad weather and finally made it to Chong King about 7 hours later

Food was terrible. Fish was equal to a sausage and scrumbled eggs were terribly green with a quite weird fllavour. Everybody with me hated all options. The best food was the bread with butter.

We bought an upgrade to Business Class at the airport but did not realise that it was not the regular Business Class. The 787 Dreamliner was very dated with the seats not as comfortable as other airlines and some things were almost coming off. We were then told that because it was an upgrade at the airport, we get to sit in the BC cabin but will be served economy class food. So when everyone else got served in china ware, we were given the tray you got in economy class. The wifi does not work. It only connects to watch movies (which is the same as what you find in the ICE) but the internet does not work. The cabin crew while were friendly, were not responsive. Overall, I will never fly China Southern again.

1. I got very poor check in experience with the counter lady . This is the first airline I ever experienced that no combine check in weight allow . Even we have 4 of us but weight counter by piece . So we wasted lot of time argue and repack . This is super crazy 2. Next I left my Samsung tablet on the plane . And I started to escalate and finally spoke to southern airline lost and found in Malaysia and the amazing answer she give is : system nothing found and please try to call southern airline in china 🧐 . I have been flying many other airlines but this is my first encounterment with such irresponsible airline response and no empathy given to customer . My feeling is nobody bother whether how customer like me feel and I’m just too small for the management to take note .

The flight was okay it was the kayak customer service that was poor, I have been trying to change my name on my flight ticket 3 days before my flight and nothing got done about it even tho I messaged so many times and phoned, all I got in return was that is was being processed and still to this day nothing has been done about it, I think it’s disgusting and un needed stress to the trip.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

Better good than most, if not all European airlines. If you’re stuck in an economy seat anyways, China Eastern is a good choice because of shorter flight time, being able to overfly Russia

The temperature of the plane cabin is too hot. Sweat and uncomfortable. Also my food tray was broken down drinks fall off

Reasonable. What they offer during the flight is not great, but the crew is polite and try to compensate it.

Great staff and food. Seats pretty uncomfortable but plenty of legroom. Entertainment system outdated.

The landings were smooth . Being unable to check-in online was terribly stressful and the queue at Haneda exemely long. We paid extra for window seats and did not get them.

Flight was fine, however we were not able to check in online, this adds to travel stress. Luckily check-in at Heathrow was quick, but we did not get the seats we paid extra for. We paid for a window and 2 aisle seats from Shanghai to Tokyo leg, but they changed us to middle seats. Not good :(

Couldn’t fly since they wouldn’t issue a boarding ticket. Something to do with not taking the departing flight since it was cancelled due to weather. No notice or anything about the trip being invalid. The app made it seem like I was all good for it. Never trusting travel agency

The food served was the best of the 3 airplane flights we took on this vacation. Stewardesses were very nice.

multiple passengers on single PNR should be allowed to update/upgrade class.

The crews were very professional and courteous. Pleasant flight and thank you!

They wouldn't let me on the plane. The 3rd party apparently didn't pay for the tickets properly?

Overall experience is good but if the food menu can change to authentic Malaysia food will be good. I.e. Nasi Lemak, Char Kueh Tiew and etc

Surprised that the safety briefing was only conducted in Malay language and no English despite there are foreigners on board. MH should take safety more seriously.

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.

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

The best so far coz this time it was all male steward on the economy cluster. They were polite, efficient & genuinely courteous. They do not judge you when you ask for more food & peanuts.

I enjoy traveling with Malaysia Airlines. The Asian food they serve is pretty good and the red wine was also good. They did run out of beer and only did a couple of water rounds during the flight but the staff were very friendly.

The business class seats were above average spaced, allowing for a truly full bed experience. Ot would be good if RB joins an international alliance for increased preference by travellers

The flight was on-time and we landed safely! But - toilets were tiny The seats were thin and very uncomfortable My seat rest wouldn’t tilt back so massive back ache after a while - the button had been removed. Seat back pocket was ripped Food was inedible- we’d ordered asian vegetarian - shockingly bad. The interior fit out was like the plane was 40 hard years yet it was a 787. No wifi.. no exterior cameras like Emirates.

Poor selection of movies and entertainment options. Disappointing food options in business.

Either the PA system of Brunei International Airport is of poor quality, or the staff making the announcement was not clear is reading the announcement. The staff at the gate also did not further announce to the passengers with regards to the rows for boarding. On board, the crew was of little to nil help. The only times they were around were during takeoff, "distributing" food and landing. And even during those times they were just there to get "their" job done with little to nil interest to "serve" the customers/passengers. They did not request the passenger in front of us to put his seat up during takeoff, they did not request the passengers to put their seat up during mealtime. The capability of the crew has dropped significantly in comparison to the old times. The crew is in need of better training.

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