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A High Court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to respond to the civil suit filed by the next-of-kin of 6 MAS crew members on board the ill-fated Flight MH17 over claims of breach of contract and negligence. Its deputy registrar directed Malaysian Airline System (MAS) and Malaysia Airlines (MAB), named as defendants in the civil action, to file their respective statements of defence by July 27. The next-of-kin of the crew members had June 2 sued MAS and MAB for alleged negligence and breach of contract. The plaintiffs said MAS and its successor were liable under the Montreal Convention 1999 for the injuries and death of their family members. On the claim for negligence, they said MAS had a duty to provide a safe system of work for its employees but failed to take into account the instability of eastern Ukraine. <br/>

Qatar Airways Group recorded a net profit of QR1.62b (US$445m) for its 2016 fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, more than quadrupling its net profit of QR373m in FY2015. Qatar’s net profit margin for FY2016 was 4.5%, up 3.4 points from the previous year. Qatar’s revenue for the period was QR35.17b, up 3.8% from QR33.87b in FY2015. Operating expenses fell 1.5% year-over-year to QR32.59b, “despite [our] significant growth in operations and an adverse movement in foreign currency exchange,” the airline said. Qatar’s resulting operating profit for FY2016 was QR3.05b, nearly tripling the airline’s QR1.1b operating income in FY2015. The carrier’s operating profit margin for the period was 8.6%, up nearly 6 points from the previous fiscal year. <br/>