By Air
Most international visitors enter Malaysia through its airports at Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Kuching.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is served by the following passenger airlines:
AirAsia* (Alor Star, Angeles City, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bandung, Bangkok, Bintulu, Chiang Mai, Denpasar/Bali, Hanoi, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, Kota Bharu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Langkawi, Macau, Medan, Miri, Padang, Palembang, Pekan Baru, Penang, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Sandakan, Sibu, Siem Reap, Solo, Surabaya, Tawau)
Air China (Beijing)
Air India (Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai)
Air Mauritius (Mauritius, Singapore)
Austrian Airlines (Sydney, Vienna) [ends March 2007] [8]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka, Singapore)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong, Penang)
Cebu Pacific* (Manila)
China Airlines (Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan)
China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
China Eastern Airlines (Kunming, Shanghai-Pudong)
Emirates (Dubai, Jakarta, Singapore)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
EVA Air (Taipei-Taoyuan)
Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta)
GMG Airlines (Dhaka)
Gulf Air (Bahrain, Muscat)
Indian Airlines (Bangkok, Chennai, Delhi)
Iran Air (Tehran-Mehrabad)
Japan Airlines (Osaka-Kansai, Singapore, Tokyo-Narita)
Jet Airways (Chennai)
Jetstar Airways* (Sydney)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam, Jakarta)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Kuwait Airways (Bangkok, Kuwait)
Lufthansa (Bangkok, Frankfurt)
Malaysia Airlines (Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Brisbane, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cape Town, Cebu, Chennai, Colombo, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Dubai, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kaohsiung, Karachi, Kunming, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manila, Male, Medan, Melbourne, Mumbai, Nagoya-Centrair, Newark, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Siem Reap, Singapore, Stockholm-Arlanda, Surabaya, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Xiamen, Yangon, Zurich)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Jakarta, Surabaya, Mataram)
Myanmar Airways (Yangon)
Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Singapore)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Royal Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
Royal Nepal (Kathmandu)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jakarta, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh)
Shenzhen Airlines (Nanning, Shenzhen)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Sri Lankan Airlines (Colombo, Singapore)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent)
Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Xiamen)
Yemenia (Dubai, Jakarta, Sanaa)
* These airlines use the Low Cost Carrier Terminal
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), the second biggest airport in Malaysia, is served by the following passenger airlines:
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Labuan, Miri, Sandakan, Tawau, Bandar Seri Begawan, Cebu, Guangzhou, Kaoshiung, Hong Kong, Manila-Ninoy Aquino, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita)
Royal Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)
Singapore Airlines
Silk Air (Singapore)
Sabah Air (Regional)
South Phoenix Airways (Puerto Princesa, Davao City)
TransAsia Airways (Taipei-Songshan) Charter
Penang International Airport (PEN) is served by the following passenger airlines:
Adam Air (Medan)
AirAsia (Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok, Medan)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur)
China Airlines (Kaohsiung, Taipei- Taoyuan)
China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
Kartika Airlines (Batam, Jakarta, Medan)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Lion Air / Wings (Medan)
Malaysia Airlines (Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Medan, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
Xiamen Airlines (Xiamen)
Langkawi International Airport (LGK) is served by the following passenger airlines:
AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok)
Malaysia Airlines (Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore)
SilkAir (Singapore)
Airport Tax:
Airport tax at all airports in Malaysia is fixed at RM40 for international departures and RM5 for domestic departures. Airport tax at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal at KLIA is RM35 for international departures and RM6 for domestic departure.
By Road
From Singapore: You can reach Malaysia via the Causeway from Woodlands to Johor Bahru, or via the Second Link, from Tuas to Tanjung Kupang. Buses from Singapore leave Beach Road (outside Golden Mile Centre), Lavender Street and Queen Street. SBS Bus 170 goes to Johor Bahru.
From Thailand: From Hat Yai (@ Haadyai), you cross the Thai-Malaysian border at Padang Besar in Perlis or Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah or Rantau Panjang in Kelantan.
From Indonesia: Regular buses ply between the town of Pontianak in Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, and Kuching, in Sarawak.
By Boat
From Indonesia: Ferry services available between Medan, Sumatra and Penang; Dumai, Sumatra and Malacca; Tanjung Balai, Sumatra and Port Klang; and Tarakan, Kalimantan and Tawau, Sabah.
From Thailand: Ferry and longboat services available between Satun and Langkawi.
From Brunei: Ferry services available between Brunei and Labuan, Limbang and Lawas in Sarawak.
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