SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549

                         _______________

                            FORM 8-K

                         CURRENT REPORT

             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 19, 2001


             Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
       (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



              Delaware      0-21976     13-3621051
              (State or   (Commission      (IRS
                Other         File       Employer
            Jurisdiction     Number)  Identification
                 of                        No.)
            Incorporation)


        45200 Business Court, Dulles, VA             20166
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)


 Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(703) 650-6000


                               N/A
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 5. Regulation FD Disclosure.

      On October 19, 2001, Atlaitic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.




                            SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has caused this current report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES HOLDINGS,
                              INC.




Date:  October 19, 2001       By:  /S/ David Asai
                              Vice President and Chief
                              Accounting Officer