Northern Air Cargo earns safety designation.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

Northern Air Cargo earned a Medallion Foundation Shield Safety Award. The company earned the award for establishing and implementing higher safety standards than those required by the Federal Air Regulations. An airline must pass five separate levels of safety before it is eligible for further safety and procedure audits. After passing these tests, and extending a safe flying record, the airline may be awarded a Medallion Shield award.

"The award of Medallion Shield to our company is the culmination of years of hard...