Aeroflot has appointed Mikhail Poluboyarinov as CEO. Mikhail Poluboyarinov, until recently head of State Transport Leasing Company (STLC), has been elected general director of Aeroflot. Vitaly Savelyev, currently the Russian transport minister, was elected chairman of the board of directors. Savelyev had been CEO of Aeroflot for 10 years before taking over from Yevgeny Ditrikh as transport minister. Ditrikh had chaired the board of directors.