Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
February 10, 2003         Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6550

 Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. Chairman and CEO to
       Present at Deutsche Banc Securities 2003 Global
                  Transportation Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (February 10, 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 Deutsche  Banc
Securities 2003 Global Transportation Conference being  held
in  Naples.  FL. The ACA presentation is scheduled  to  take
place  Wednesday, February 12, 2003 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:

http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=11389

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 Airlines 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.