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C$ 1,076 Find Cheap Flights to Kota Kinabalu

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Cheap Flights to Kota Kinabalu

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals to Kota Kinabalu

Thu, 6 Nov - Sun, 30 Nov
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11:50 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.YVR-BKI
20h 40m1 stop
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10:00 p.m. - 8:10 a.m.BKI-YVR
26h 10m2 stops
C$ 1,102Multiple Airlines
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Thu, 16 Oct - Mon, 20 Oct
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5:25 p.m. - 10:40 p.m.YVR-BKI
38h 15m1 stop
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11:40 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.BKI-YVR
30h 45m1 stop
C$ 1,174T'way Air
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Thu, 16 Oct - Mon, 20 Oct
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5:25 p.m. - 10:40 p.m.YVR-BKI
38h 15m1 stop
T'way Air Logo
11:40 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.BKI-YVR
30h 45m1 stop
C$ 1,217T'way Air
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Thu, 16 Oct - Sun, 19 Oct
China Eastern Logo
12:50 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.YVR-BKI
20h 40m1 stop
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1:30 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.BKI-YVR
22h 40m1 stop
C$ 1,372China Eastern
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Thu, 16 Oct - Sun, 19 Oct
China Eastern Logo
12:50 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.YVR-BKI
20h 40m1 stop
China Eastern Logo
1:30 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.BKI-YVR
22h 40m1 stop
C$ 1,520China Eastern
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Tue, 7 Oct - Mon, 3 Nov
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1:40 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.YYZ-BKI
68h 20m2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
11:45 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.BKI-YYZ
33h 30m2 stops
C$ 1,875Etihad Airways
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Tue, 30 Sep - Mon, 3 Nov
China Southern Logo
1:30 a.m. - 2:30 a.m.YYZ-BKI
37h 00m1 stop
China Southern Logo
7:05 p.m. - 5:41 p.m.BKI-YYZ
35h 36m2 stops
C$ 2,288China Southern
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Tue, 30 Sep - Mon, 3 Nov
China Southern Logo
1:30 a.m. - 2:30 a.m.YYZ-BKI
37h 00m1 stop
China Southern Logo
7:05 p.m. - 5:41 p.m.BKI-YYZ
35h 36m2 stops
C$ 2,290China Southern
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Thu, 16 Oct - Mon, 20 Oct
Japan Airlines Logo
1:50 p.m. - 9:35 p.m.YVR-BKI
40h 45m2 stops
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5:45 p.m. - 11:30 a.m.BKI-YVR
32h 45m2 stops
C$ 2,503Japan Airlines
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Thu, 16 Oct - Mon, 20 Oct
Japan Airlines Logo
1:50 p.m. - 9:35 p.m.YVR-BKI
40h 45m2 stops
Japan Airlines Logo
5:45 p.m. - 11:30 a.m.BKI-YVR
32h 45m2 stops
C$ 2,509Japan Airlines
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Air Canada's Wi-Fi is available on select flights.
JAL's Sky Suite provides extra privacy and comfort.
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Cheapest round-trip
C$ 1,102
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C$ 1,076
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YYZ - BKI • 2 stops
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Expert advice for your flight to Kota Kinabalu

 
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Japan Airlines

JAL's Sky Suite offers privacy and a longer footwell for stretching out on long-haul flights.


JAL offers free Wi-Fi on domestic flights; purchase a full package for best value on long-haul.

Air Canada

Air Canada's Signature Class offers lie-flat seats on long-haul flights, ensuring a comfortable journey.


Air Canada offers Wi-Fi on select flights; check availability five days before departure.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Kota Kinabalu

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.

How long is the flight to Kota Kinabalu?

The duration of your flight to Kota Kinabalu depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously, any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Kota Kinabalu on KAYAK are from Vancouver, which takes 20h 40m, and Toronto, which takes 37h 30m.

Good to know – Book Cheap Kota Kinabalu Plane Tickets

Cheapest flightC$ 1,076
Flight from Toronto to Kota Kinabalu

When to book flights to Kota Kinabalu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Kota Kinabalu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Kota Kinabalu based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Kota Kinabalu flights

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

    There are 6 km between Kota Kinabalu downtown and 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.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Kota Kinabalu?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Kota Kinabalu is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as C$ 1,415. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are C$ 2,941 on average.

  • 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.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Kota Kinabalu is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost C$ 1,530 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 C$ 1,866.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Kota Kinabalu

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Reviews of the top airlines flying 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 Canada 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.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1559 reviews
8.4Boarding
8.7Crew
7.8Entertainment
7.7Food
8.2Comfort
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Boarding, crew, and seating were great. The food needs to improve.

8.0 ExcellentEugene, Aug 2025NRT - LAX
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Boarding, crew, and seating were great. The food needs to improve.

Clean, modern and peaceful Makes for a stress free enjoyable flight

JAL is an exceptional airline that shows the true heart of Japanese omotenashi service. If the option is available I’ll always chose it

highly recommend for trip to japan only reason why i gave good not excellent is because their selection of movies and tv shows in English is more limited .

I love Japan Airlines! I go out of my way to book with them. It is regrettable that the One World Alliance includes American Airlines though. The last leg of my flight from LAX to Austin was easily the worst, most disorganized part of the trip. Next time I will plan to fly directly from DFW to Haneda to avoid American Airlines as much as possible.

We asked for Hindu vegetarian meal in advance and the quality of the food was horrendous. Never flying JAL again!

Overall a great experience. One complain was the vegetarian food that my wife had which was mostly boiled vegetables with not much flavor.

we have requested for hindu veg. meal during booking. but served meal was of very poor qualty and taste. they can get such meal from 5 star Indian restaurant at Vancouver/ tokyo/ Bangalore.pure hindu veg meal and no AVML

It was good but need mor amenities for toiletries and entertainment

Impeccable services, excellent meals, on-time flights, what more can you ask for!

Flying with Air Canada is still better than the discount airlines like Flair. The seats are more comfortable and the on-board entertainment is better, with each seat having a built in screen and lots of content to watch. Onboard WIFI is also great to have, as well as plugs for charging. I think passengers in general are getting better at not bringing too much luggage onboard, and Air Canada is better at managing this without customers feeling like they are being taken advantage of with extra fees. I have travelled on different airlines and all seem to be loading faster, with fewer people bringing both a carry on and a personal item. Now I just bring one item and it fits under the seat so I don't need to worry about finding a place in the overhead bins. Overall, across the industry, asking customers to pay for carry on baggage is fair because it allows customers to only pay for what they need, and it helps to keep the planes on time. Kudos to Air Canada for its approach - the desired result is achieved without customers feeling that they are being surprised and caught with unexpected extra fees.

Had to cancel flight due to strike. Hope things will be better next August when we will rebook. Very disappointing as it was our 50th wedding anniversary celebration l!

I’ve wasted 7 hours of my time because of the delayed. ;(

The crew were fabulous. The flight was bumpy and I always like the captain to tell me what that is about or my imagination gets carries away.

Overall great. The crews were lovely. The seats are awful. I always emerge with a back ache.

I liked the behaviour of the crew members.The flight was good.

Would like whole can of pop for 2. Treats were not great . The garlic pretzels were terrible for someone who can't eat garlic. Passenger was 84.

I had boarding pass on my phone. Husband and I were seated together. Agent printed out boarding passes and we were separated for the flight

1 hour late No hot drinks No restroom in the back of the plane

You was on strike and I had to get another r flight and you did not give me my money back

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