SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): June 4, 2002
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 Other Events.
On June 4, 2002 Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. (ACA)
(NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) issued a news release regarding the addition of
25 aircraft to its United Express fleet which is attached (see
exhibit 99 below).
Senior executives of the company will conduct a live webcast at
8:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, June 5, 2002 to discuss this
announcement and to provide an update of the company's Outlook in
light of these and other recent developments. The live webcast
can be heard directly through the ACA website at
www.atlanticcoast.com (go to the "For Investors" section).
Replays of the webcast will be available for the remainder of the
business day.
Certain information contained in the attached news release and
the presentation included on the Company's website as described
above contains forward-looking information. A number of risks and
uncertainties exist which could cause actual results to differ
materially from these projected results. Such factors include,
among others: the costs and other effects of enhanced security
measures and other possible government orders; changes in and
satisfaction of regulatory requirements including requirements
relating to fleet expansion; changes in levels of service agreed
to by the company with its code share partners due to market
conditions; the ability of these partners to manage their
operations and cash flow; the ability and willingness of these
partners to continue to deploy the company's aircraft and to
utilize and pay for scheduled service at agreed rates; the
ability of these partners to force changes in rates; unexpected
costs or delays in the implementation of new service;
satisfactory resolution of union contracts becoming amendable
during 2002 with the company's aviation maintenance technicians
and ground service equipment mechanics, and the company's flight
attendants; availability and cost of funds for financing new
aircraft; final termination of the company's order with Fairchild
Dornier; the ability of Fairchild Dornier or its successors to
provide adequate product support for previously delivered 328JET
aircraft; delays in delivery of CRJ aircraft from Bombardier
Inc.; ability to maintain the early retirement schedule for the
company's turboprop aircraft; general economic and industry
conditions; additional acts of war; and, risks and uncertainties
arising from the events of September 11 and from the slow economy
which may impact the company, its code share partners, and
aircraft manufacturers in ways that the company is not currently
able to predict. These and other factors are more fully
disclosed under the company's "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in
ACAI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2001. These statements are made as of June 4, 2002 and ACA
undertakes no obligation to update any such forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future
events, changed expectations or otherwise.
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: June 4, 2002 By: /S/ David Asai
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer