class="alignright size-large wp-image-28473" title="Low-cost flights to to Bordeaux" src="http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/france-bordeaux-vineyard-610x450.jpg" alt="Low-cost flights to to Bordeaux" width="258" height="189" />A terminal dedicated exclusively to low-cost carriers has opened in the south-western French city of href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flight-guide-to-Bordeaux/">Bordeaux.

Billi terminal, short for for Bordeaux Illico, will attempt to capitalise on the boom in no-frills href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Bordeaux/">flights to Bordeaux from UK airports – currently operated by Ryanair and easyJet.

The terminal will also offer href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/Ireland/">flights to Ireland with Aer Lingus, as well as services to Denmark, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Morocco.

Airport developers built the terminal specifically with low-cost travellers in mind, aiming to turn around flights in 25 minutes by speeding up boarding queues and bag collection.

Low-cost air traffic to Bordeaux has been growing by an average of 20 to 30 per cent every year, prompting local authorities to prioritise the development of the Billi terminal. Nearly half a million no-frills travellers took a flight to Bordeaux last year, compared with just 120,000 in 2003.

It is estimated that 665,000 people will travel through the airport with a low-cost carrier this year – equivalent to about one fifth of the passengers visiting the region.

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