Qatar flights: Director General Hololei vacates post

The Commission’s Director General for Transport, Henrik Hololei, who has been under pressure over flights to the Gulf state of Qatar, is vacating his post. Hololei had taken advantage of free flights with Qatar Airways while his department negotiated an air transport agreement with the Gulf state. This came to light after suspicions of corruption surrounding the then Vice President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili and several Socialist MEPs and human rights NGOs became public.