James A. Lee

The Group's principal activity is to provide regional scheduled passenger services. It is a holding company for Mesaba Aviation, Inc. It has an airlines services agreement with Northwest Airlines, Inc. With this agreement, the schedules are coordinated with those of Northwest to facilitate interline connections at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Airport and the Memphis International Airport. It provides its services under the name Mesaba Airlines/Northwest Airlink or Mesaba Airlines/Northwest Jet Airlink. It operated flights to 102 cities in United States and Canada from Northwest's hub airports.

Big Sky Transportation Co. provides freight, express package, and charter services. It operates in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington state and Wyoming. The company provides services between billings hub and seven communities in central/eastern Montana under contracts with the U.S. Department of Transportation's essential air service program. Big Sky Transportation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Billings, MT.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. operates as a holding company, which engages in the provision of rail services. It offers a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.