Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
February 8, 2002              Director, Corp. Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6019

 Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. President to Present
     at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Global Transportation
                         Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (February 8, 2002) - Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc. (ACA) (Nasdaq/NM: ACAI) President Tom  Moore
will make a presentation to investors and financial analysts
during  the  Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Global Transportation
Conference being held in Naples, FL. The ACA presentation is
scheduled  to  take place Wednesday, February  13,  2002  at
approximately 11:20am Eastern.

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

www.db.com/conferences

A  recording of the ACA presentation will also be  available
at  that  same  address for at least 30 days  following  the
conference.

The slides that will accompany the ACA presentation will  be
available  as  a  PowerPoint file  in  the  "For  Investors"
section of the Atlantic Coast corporate website:

www.atlanticcoast.com

ACA operates as United Express in the Eastern and Midwestern
United  States, and as Delta Connection in the Eastern  U.S.
and    Canada.    The   company   has   a   fleet   of   122
aircraft-including 91 regional jets-and offers approximately
760 daily departures, serving 63 destinations.

Atlantic  Coast  employs over 4,000 aviation  professionals.
The  common stock of Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings,  Inc.
is  traded  on the Nasdaq National Market under  the  symbol
ACAI.  For more information about Atlantic Coast, visit  our
website at www.atlanticcoast.com.