Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                   Contact: Rick DeLisi
November 1, 2001          Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6019


Atlantic Coast Airlines Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
to Present at Salomon Smith Barney Transportation Conference



Dulles,  VA,  (November 1, 2001) - Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc. (Atlantic Coast) (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI)  Chairman
and  Chief Executive Officer Kerry Skeen and Chief Financial
Officer   Richard  Surratt  will  make  a  presentation   to
investors  and  financial analysts during the Salomon  Smith
Barney Transportation Conference being held in New York. The
Atlantic  Coast  presentation is  scheduled  to  take  place
Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at approximately 9:00am.

A  live  webcast of the conference is being offered  by  the
sponsors.  It  will be accessible through the following  web
address:

http://www.veracast.com/clientaccess/ssb/transportation-
2001/78301139.cfm

Replays  of the webcast will also be available for  30  days
following the conclusion of the presentation.

In  addition,  the  slides  and  visuals  presented  at  the
conference will be available in the "For Investors"  section
of the Atlantic Coast website:

www.atlanticcoast.com

This  slide presentation will also remain available  for  30
days following the conference.

Atlantic Coast operates as United Express in the Eastern and
Midwestern  United  States, and as Delta Connection  in  the
Eastern   U.S.    The   company   has   a   fleet   of   118
aircraft-including 82 regional jets-and offers approximately
700  daily departures, serving over 60 destinations  in  the
U.S. and Canada.

Atlantic  Coast  employs over 3,800 aviation  professionals.
The  common stock of Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings,  Inc.
is  traded  on the Nasdaq National Market under  the  symbol
ACAI.