Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
May 14, 2003              Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6550

   Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. Chief Financial
 Officer to Present at BB&T Capital Markets Equity Research
                         Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (May  14,  2003)  -  Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc.  (ACA)  (Nasdaq/NM:  ACAI)  Chief  Financial
Officer   Richard  Surratt  will  make  a  presentation   to
investors  and  financial analysts during the  BB&T  Capital
Markets  Equity Research Conference being held in  Leesburg,
VA. The ACA presentation is scheduled to take place Tuesday,
May 20th, 2003 at approximately 7:55am Eastern.

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

http://www.twst.com/econf/mm/bbt4/acai.html

Please   allow  a  few  moments  to  register   before   the
presentation  begins.  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 142  aircraft-including  112
regional jets-and offers approximately 825 daily departures,
serving 84 destinations.

Atlantic  Coast  employs over 4,900 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.