Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
June 10, 2002             Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6550

     Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. Chairman and
            Chief Financial Officer to Present at
       Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (June  10,  2002) -  Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc. (ACA) (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) Chairman  and  Chief
Executive  Officer Kerry Skeen and Executive Vice  President
and  Chief  Financial Officer Richard Surratt  will  make  a
presentation to investors and financial analysts during  the
Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference to be held in
New  York.  The ACA presentation is scheduled to take  place
Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 9:45am.

The  sponsors  will be presenting the audio portion  of  the
conference as a live webcast, which can be accessed via  the
following address:

       www.on24.com/clients/merrill/conference_020611

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

                    www.atlanticcoast.com

Both  the  webcast  and the accompanying slide  presentation
will be available for 14 days following the conference.

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   125
aircraft-including  95  regional jets-and  offers  over  800
daily departures, serving 67 destinations.

Atlantic   Coast   Airlines  employs  over  4,400   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 ACA, visit  our
website at www.atlanticcoast.com.