Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
February 26, 2003         Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6550

 Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. Chairman and CEO to
      Present at Raymond James & Associates 24th Annual
             Institutional Investors Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (February 26, 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 Raymond James  &
Associates  24th  Annual Institutional Investors  Conference
being held in Orlando, FL. The ACA presentation is scheduled
to take place Monday, March 3, 2003, at approximately
11:45am Eastern.

Raymond  James  will webcast an audio-only  version  of  its
conference participants' presentations live on the Internet.
Break-out sessions will not be webcast.  Access to the  site
will  be  permitted  after  a  brief  registration  process.
Listeners  will need to register and listen at the following
web address:

http://customer.nvglb.com/RaymondJames/Institutional/

Listeners  should go to this site at least 15 minutes  prior
to  the  event  to  register and download  and  install  any
necessary  software,  Microsoft  Windows  Media  Player   or
RealPlayer.  Preregistration is  available  now.  For  those
unable  to  listen to the live broadcast, a replay  will  be
available for 30 days by accessing the above address.  There
is no charge to access the event.

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 in the Eastern and Midwestern
United  States, and as Delta Connection in the Eastern  U.S.
and    Canada.    The   company   has   a   fleet   of   141
aircraft-including    111    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.