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                                               Exhibit 23.1

              Consent of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.:

We   consent   to   incorporation  by  reference   in   the
registration statements (No. 333-66265, 333-15795  and  33-
67492)  on  Form  S-8 of Atlantic Coast Airlines  Holdings,
Inc. of our report dated January 26, 2000, relating to  the
consolidated  balance  sheets of  Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and 1999,  and  the
related     consolidated    statements    of    operations,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the  years
in  the  three-year period ended December 31,  1999,  which
report  appears in the December 31, 1999, annual report  on
Form 10-K of Atlantic Coast Airlines, Holdings, Inc.

Our  report refers to a change, effective January 1,  1999,
in  the  Company's  method of accounting  for  preoperating
costs.

KPMG LLP


McLean, Virginia
March 27, 2000