฿2,256 Find Cheap Flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia

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Flight from Phuket City to Kuala Lumpur Airport

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 
Ruben KristofferFlew with Cebu Pacific
MNL
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KUL
Feb 2026
Passport control procedures after Cebu Pacific's touch down in KLIA2 can take long.
Verified travelerFlew with Malaysia Airlines
KCH
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KUL
Jan 2026
Self entertainment item - book to read, Sudoku etc
MIAFlew with Batik Air
KUL
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JHB
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
LGK
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KUL
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
JHB
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SZB
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
BKK
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KUL
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
BKI
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KUL
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
KUL
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PEN
Jun 2024
remember to bring your own earphone/headphone for the IFE
Eng HongFlew with แอร์เอเชีย
KUL
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KCH
Dec 2023
Check which flight time always suffers delay and don't book that flight.
HFlew with Malaysia Airlines
MNL
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KUL
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 แอร์เอเชีย (1,310 flights per week), Malaysia Airlines (1,126 flights per week), and Firefly (798 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 ฿1,929.

  • 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 ฿7,906. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, when return prices are ฿12,646 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 ฿4,531 on average. Morning departures are around 18% 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 ฿5,809.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Malaysia?

    The cheapest ticket to Malaysia from Southeast Asia found in the last 72 hours was to Miri, at ฿1,726 return. The most popular route is Kota Kinabalu (BKI) to Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport (KUL) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was ฿4,407.

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

    The cheapest month for flights from Southeast Asia to Malaysia is September, when tickets cost ฿5,624 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is ฿10,594 and ฿8,632 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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

  • How many cities have direct flights to Malaysia?

    From Southeast Asia, there are direct flights to Malaysia from 14 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Kuala Lumpur, with 4,914 direct flights each week.

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

    There are around 1,338 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 9,364 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 22m, covering a distance of 1806 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 48 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 9,316 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 (80% of total searches to Malaysia). The next most popular destinations are Penang (9%) and Langkawi (3%). Searches for flights to Johor Bahru (2%), to Kota Kinabalu (1%), and to Tawau (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 243 reviews
5.5Entertainment
7.3Boarding
7.9Crew
6.7Comfort
6.2Food
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
DAD - DMK
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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

Efficient and fast check in, courteous staff at counter and on board. On time departure and arrival. AIR ASIA is my favorite international thailand carrier for reasonable cost and excellent customer service!

Delayed us three times, changed gates twice, and then tried to charge for food on the plane.

Not good in terms of amenities. For over 6 hours they don’t even provide complementary drinks or snacks-forget about dinner or lunch.

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

Everything was good. The red seats were a scam. Just like any other seat but red. Although they let you board earlier which was very nice.

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.

We were upgraded to better seats. No entertainment. Food mediocre

Flight was half an hour delayed and gate was changed only once but not very far. Weather was good so smooth flight. So all in all was a good flight on a Sunday.

Boarding was on time and orderly. Crew was efficient. Departure as scheduled. I did not order food.

The overall flight was okay. Aircraft was a bit run down like the toilets, seat and table. The worse was checking in and boarding. They had no priority for people with children (young infants and babies included) even when we requested. Unhelpful staff.

Flight was booked with a hacked credit card and flyer was allowed to board despite airline being advised. Shameful behaviour.

I did not book or take this flight. This was a fraudulent credit card purchase using my (now cancelled) card. Air Asia was advised that this was a fraudulent booking a week before the flight. If this service was allowed AirAsia is contributing to credit fraud. If they didn’t take that seriously how serious are they about protecting your details?

Due to very heavy rain in Jakarta which caused bad floods on the highways the captain kindly delayed the departure to allow many passengers to reach the plane with almost 2 hours delay. Otherwise the flight was smooth and uneventful. I was disappointed that given the long delays the passengers were not even treated to a free bottle of water. I had to buy a packet of salted peanuts and bottle of water since I missed lunch.

They don t offer even a glass of water need to buy a drink if you are tursty they can save money and timeby cancel the food offer for 1 hr fly both fly nobody buy and try sale on boad thinkthe we can buyduty free store

Compared with other LCC, Air Asia is a lot better

AirAsia is running a bait scam by listing a lot of flights to get as much booking as possible but ending up merging the flights to fill the seat. They will change the schedule as much as they would like. Just beware when booking their flights and if you are tight on schedule. Prepare to be disappointed.

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

Automated check in could have been better organised and informative

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

Fast Pass but delay at Check-In Counter. Limited Counter when there are alot of ppls Check-In

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.

The flight has been delayed for nearly an hour, yet neither the captain nor the chief steward made an effort to explain the reason for the delay or offer any apologies to the passengers.

We recently flew with AirAsia and encountered several issues. Our flight was delayed by over an hour, and both boarding and takeoff were postponed without any prior notification. Although we eventually realized there was a delay on our own, the crew did inform us afterward. To make up for lost time, the pilot took off at high speed, resulting in some turbulent moments that were quite scary. Despite these challenges, the cabin crew did an excellent job managing the situation and easing the inconvenience. Overall, while the delays and turbulence made for a stressful experience, I appreciated the crew’s efforts to keep us as comfortable as possible.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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