Two new government appointees approved for Aeroflot board

MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Shareholders of Russia's largest air carrier Aeroflot elected at Saturday's annual meeting a new board of directors to include two new government-approved candidates.

Aeroflot new General Director Vitaly Savelyev and Andrei Stolyarov, deputy CEO of UniCredit Aton, became the new board members approved by the state.

Transportation Minister Igor Levitin has been reelected chairman of the board.