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):  December 11, 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 9.   Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 11, 2002 Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. (ACA)
(NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) issued a news release concerning details of its
situation  relative to this week's bankruptcy  filing  by  United
Airlines, Inc. (see exhibit 99 below).

Statements  in  this  news  release  and  by  company  executives
regarding  its  relationship  with  United  Airlines,  Inc.   and
regarding   projections  and  expectations  of  future   aircraft
deliveries, availability of financing, future payments by United,
operations,  earnings,  revenues  and  costs  represent  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:  United's
decision  to  elect  either to affirm all of  the  terms  of  the
Company's United Express Agreement, or to reject the agreement in
its  entirety, the timing of such decision, any efforts by United
to  negotiate  changes prior to making a decision on  whether  to
affirm  or  reject the contract, United's ability and willingness
to  make  future payments to the Company under the United Express
Agreement,   the   Company's  ability  to  collect   pre-petition
obligations from United or to offset pre-petition obligations due
to  United,  and  willingness of finance parties to  continue  to
finance  aircraft in light of the United situation and of  market
conditions  generally.  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  and  in  its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter
ended  September  30,  2002.  These statements  are  made  as  of
December 12, 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:  December 12, 2002      By:  /S/ David Asai
                              David Asai
                              Vice President and Chief
                              Accounting Officer