Vueling Airlines (VY, Barcelona El Prat) has been granted traffic rights to serve Jeddah International and/or Dammam in Saudi Arabia by the Spanish Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Dirección General de Aviación Civil - DGAC). DGAC says the Spanish LCC has been allocated two out a possible 5 weekly frequencies for the flights. Informed sources familiar with Vueling operations claim the flights will likely originate out of Vueling's primary hub, Barcelona El Prat. At present, Saudia (SV, Jeddah International) is the only scheduled carrier to offer services between the two countries with Jeddah International and Riyadh to Madrid Barajas flights.