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July

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Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from Krabi to Kuala Lumpur

Flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from Southeast Asia to Malaysia 
Tengku kamal asriFlew with Thai Airways-Aug 2026
Be at the airport early as you know the airport is so big
Ruben KristofferFlew with Cebu Pacific-Feb 2026
Passport control procedures after Cebu Pacific's touch down in KLIA2 can take long.
Verified travelerFlew with Malaysia Airlines-Jan 2026
Self entertainment item - book to read, Sudoku etc
MIAFlew with Batik Air-Feb 2025
I wouldn’t recommend Batik Air based on my experience. If you’re flying from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru, I suggest choosing another airline for better service and reliability. Also, always arrive at the gate early, as some airlines might refuse boarding even when there’s still time before departure.
HOUAFlew with แอร์เอเชีย-Dec 2024
Be careful, get a flight way early for your connection flight. I noticed a lot of delay in my day traveling back from Langkawi
AndrewFlew with Firefly-Oct 2024
Short hop, so no need to prepare too much. They provide water, some snacks on board the flight. Not much space for on board baggage, so bring as little as you need on board.
TananyaFlew with Malaysia Airlines-Jul 2024
Malaysian Airlines is a good option. They don't have a screen but you can connect to onboard wifi and watch onboard entertainment, movies, and music on your smartphone or tablet. Bring your headphones. Some people didn't put on headphones and disturbed others with the sound from their phones.
JanFlew with แอร์เอเชีย-Jun 2024
There is little food once you're past the emigration counter. If you want to eat, do so in the main airport hall.
Edo EmolengkoFlew with Malaysia Airlines-Jun 2024
remember to bring your own earphone/headphone for the IFE
Eng HongFlew with แอร์เอเชีย-Dec 2023
Check which flight time always suffers delay and don't book that flight.
HFlew with Malaysia Airlines-Feb 2024
Arrival card in Malaysia. Expect long queue in immigration

FAQs for booking flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia?

    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 from Southeast Asia to Malaysia.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Southeast Asia to Malaysia?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Southeast Asia to Malaysia 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 from Southeast Asia to Malaysia?

    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 from Southeast Asia to Malaysia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines fly most frequently to Malaysia?

    Southeast Asia and Malaysia are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Malaysia Airlines (1,253 flights per week), แอร์เอเชีย (1,241 flights per week), and Firefly (812 flights per week).

  • How many airports are there in Malaysia?

    There are 31 airports in Malaysia. The busiest airport is Kuala Lumpur Airport (KUL), with 59% of all flights arriving there.

  • Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Malaysia?

    Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Malaysia is Penang Intl Airport (PEN), with an average flight price of ฿3,030.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Malaysia?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Malaysia is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as ฿7,962. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are ฿26,710 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Malaysia?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Malaysia is generally at night, when retur flights cost ฿4,765 on average. Morning departures are around 16% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Malaysia is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is ฿7,031.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Malaysia?

    The cheapest ticket to Malaysia from Southeast Asia found in the last 5 days was to Miri, at ฿1,737 return. The most popular route is Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport (KUL) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was ฿4,525.

  • What is the cheapest month to fly from Southeast Asia to Malaysia?

    The cheapest month for flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia is November, when tickets cost ฿1,645 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is ฿2,830 and ฿2,501 respectively.

  • How far in advance should I book a flight from Southeast Asia to Malaysia?

    To get a below-average price on a flight from Southeast Asia to Malaysia, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

  • How many cities have direct flights to Malaysia?

    From Southeast Asia, there are direct flights to Malaysia from 15 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Kuala Lumpur, with 5,647 direct flights each week.

  • How many direct flights to Malaysia are there each day?

    There are around 1,492 direct flights from within Southeast Asia to Malaysia every day. Most flights (40%) depart in the morning.

  • How many direct flights to Malaysia are there each week?

    Each week there are around 10,443 direct flights from within Southeast Asia to Malaysia. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

  • How long is the flight to Malaysia?

    An average direct flight from Southeast Asia to Malaysia takes 9h 02m, covering a distance of 1808 km. The shortest route is Phuket City (HKT) to Penang (PEN) with an average flight time of 1h 00m.

  • How many long-haul flights are there to Malaysia each week?

    Each week, there are 72 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 10,371 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to Malaysia. There aren’t any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

  • What are the most popular destinations in Malaysia?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Kuala Lumpur (83% of total searches to Malaysia). The next most popular destinations are Penang (6%) and Langkawi (4%). Searches for flights to Johor Bahru (2%), to Kota Kinabalu (1%), and to Kota Bharu (1%) are also popular.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Southeast Asia to Malaysia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Southeast Asia to Malaysia? 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.
7.4
Thai AirAsiaOverall score based on 247 reviews
6.7Comfort
5.5Entertainment
7.4Boarding
6.2Food
7.9Crew
Airline reviews

the rudest staff in the world!!! we had overweight baggage, which is our fault but it is a really stupid rule, and the woman said we could reorganise or pay now, we said we’d reorganise and she started shouting “do it now! hurry up!” even though the flight wasn’t even boarding yet. She told us that if our two cabin bags were below 14 together, then we wouldn’t have to pay 500k dong. We reorganised and our bags were below 14kg. She then said that it was all of our bags together that should be less than 14kg. We were obviously confused by this, because she had just said that it was our two cabin bags and we asked her why she told us to rearrange our bags then. She started shouting at us again saying that we needed to “pay now or throw away”. We said fine, we’ll just pay, and she suddenly started asking for 1.51 million dong. I asked her why it was suddenly over three times the price and she said that it was always that price. I asked to see the other piece of paper she had that had the other price and she slammed her one on top of it and started shouting “pay now or i’ll close the gate” (boarding was already finishing at this point). So, we had no choice but to pay three times the original price, even though we reorganised our cabin bags to be under the necessary weight like she had asked us to. I wouldn’t even be so upset about the money if the staff were at least a little bit nice. She was possibly the rudest, most ignorant woman I have ever met in my life. Besides that, the plane/flight was just a bit worse than ryanair standard. Small seats, delayed by an hour. Typical low budget. At least the ryanair staff don’t try to scam you. Avoid at all costs, it’s not worth the hassle of dealing with such horrible people.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Mar 2026
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the rudest staff in the world!!! we had overweight baggage, which is our fault but it is a really stupid rule, and the woman said we could reorganise or pay now, we said we’d reorganise and she started shouting “do it now! hurry up!” even though the flight wasn’t even boarding yet. She told us that if our two cabin bags were below 14 together, then we wouldn’t have to pay 500k dong. We reorganised and our bags were below 14kg. She then said that it was all of our bags together that should be less than 14kg. We were obviously confused by this, because she had just said that it was our two cabin bags and we asked her why she told us to rearrange our bags then. She started shouting at us again saying that we needed to “pay now or throw away”. We said fine, we’ll just pay, and she suddenly started asking for 1.51 million dong. I asked her why it was suddenly over three times the price and she said that it was always that price. I asked to see the other piece of paper she had that had the other price and she slammed her one on top of it and started shouting “pay now or i’ll close the gate” (boarding was already finishing at this point). So, we had no choice but to pay three times the original price, even though we reorganised our cabin bags to be under the necessary weight like she had asked us to. I wouldn’t even be so upset about the money if the staff were at least a little bit nice. She was possibly the rudest, most ignorant woman I have ever met in my life. Besides that, the plane/flight was just a bit worse than ryanair standard. Small seats, delayed by an hour. Typical low budget. At least the ryanair staff don’t try to scam you. Avoid at all costs, it’s not worth the hassle of dealing with such horrible people.

The boarding process took very long, partly due to passengers on incoming flight took too long to deplane

The flight left on time and landed early. The attendants were polite and friendly. Thank you

Air Asia just dreadfull. Always poorest customer service and very unwelcoming staff which is clearly bread in from the Top down from the CEO

Other than the bus wait time to off board passenger when we reached Don Muang, everything else was excellent

Very good, it would be good if payment for drinks could be accepted by card too.

Ontime, no frills, the cabin is clean, the ticket price is lower than the full-service airlines.

No way to talk to support. Is all online self help or chat bot. Now way to speak to a person and the automated options are useless.

Airline cancelled our flight purchased through kiwi.com 2 months before travel and to date has inly refunded half of our paid ticket price.

Crew was nice, boarding efficient. VERY cramped seating. I'm a 5 ' 10'' slim woman and my knees were up against the seat in front of me and my arms were against the arm rests. There are no services, not even water, and they only take local currency and I didn't yet have Thai baht ( flying from Indonesia and no rupiah left). I won't choose to fly with this line again.

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.

Food was good but only 1 meal and 1 pie, instead of 2 meals. Both legs were late.

We are row 11, when the crew came to us, only one meal choice was available.

OK seats comfortable, easy boarding/embarking, excellent connection to domestic Malaysia flight with baggage checked through without customs. Catering especially drinks borderline ok luckily less important aspect

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

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

Friendly staff but otherwise a typical no frills airline. The sets are extremely cramped

Flight delayed for one hour last minute change the gate this is something new? Wak all over the airport bit fast bording to flight smd miss my meeting in kuaa lumpur is the year end meeting no internet in flught which is not good Anyway overall is good thanks to the crew on duty Un able to check in on line and choose the seat thatbi wanted and in flight meal too unable to purchase rrally sad Should get priority seat in next booking

Flight was delayed from 8pm to near midnight. They made us board then sit in the cabin and wait for even longer for take-off. No compensation whatsoever - not even in a free drink or meal

We were told that flight was delayed by 20 mins, but it left close to an hour late. But they did make it up and arrived early; it's just very difficult to keep waiting when it's a late flight. Food was mediocre.

I had a wonderful experience with this company. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. Our pilot was skilled and clearly experienced. The value for the price was excellent. I would definitely recommend them.

Very quick turn around, plane was in good condition, alles paletti.

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

You should have given upgrade at 50% off instead with half full flight on to the hot seat that is how you treat the guest by offering upgrade to the hot seat guest would be happy to pay with the disc given

Not even water is free on board. Very cheap airline!

Quick and easy, short flight , 30 minutes. Staff was friendly, no food or drinks in this very short flight.

My flight from PEN-KUL was re-timed for two hours or so due to some technical issue. It was not conveyed accordingly by the staff. Info only received via fellow passenger who also mentioned about the possibility of changing flight but different airport SZB. Changing flight is not easy since everyone is fighting for available seat unsystematically. Anywhere, I and my wife managed to get seat for slightly earlier flight from the retimed one. The issue should be handled more professionally and systematically.

I was pretty sure my seat includes a meal. But I guess I was wrong because I wasn't served a meal on my flight with Batik Air from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur. I was fortunate because the layover was more than an hour in Kuala Lumpur. Otherwise, I could have cause a delay to the connecting flight to Taiwan because my terminal to board the next flight is located at different building. I had to take a train to the satellite building. Overall, all is well.

Freezing onboard and staff refused to give me hot water “because we were landing soon”. The plane arrived at the gate an hour late. And there’s an air leak in one of the bathrooms. Very scary noise.

Batik Air is racing to the bottom of the list with its consistent flight delays. Especially out of Malaysia. Shocking that they keep getting away with it without any form of punishment from the authorities. Also very inconsistent rules on cabin luggage.

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

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.

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.

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