Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
January 31, 2003          Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6550

           Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to Present at
     Goldman Sachs 18th Annual Transportation Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (January 31, 2003) - Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc. (ACA) (Nasdaq/NM: ACAI) Chairman  and  Chief
Executive  Officer Kerry Skeen will make a  presentation  to
investors  and  financial analysts during the Goldman  Sachs
18th  Annual  Transportation Conference being  held  in  New
York.  The  ACA  presentation is  scheduled  to  take  place
Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at approximately 9:25am Eastern.

A   live  audio-only  webcast  of  the  conference  will  be
accessible through the following web address:

http://customer.ibeam.com/GOLD005/020403a_by/default.asp?ent
ity=atlantic

Please   allow  a  few  moments  to  register   before   the
presentation  begins.   Also,  a  recording   of   the   ACA
presentation will 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 and Delta Connection in  the
Eastern  and  Midwestern United States, as well  as  Canada.
The  company  has  a  fleet  of 140  aircraft-including  110
regional jets-and offers approximately 850 daily departures,
serving 84 destinations.

Atlantic  Coast  employs over 5,100 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.

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