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):July 30, 2003

           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 12   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.


On  July  30,  2003, Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings,  Inc.
(ACA) (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) issued a news release concerning its
second quarter 2003 earnings. (See Exhibit 99 attached).

Statements  in this press release and by company  executives
regarding its implementation of new business strategies  and
its  relationship  with United Airlines, Inc.,  as  well  as
regarding   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  risks
and  uncertainties  include, among others:  United's  option
under  bankruptcy  rules to assume or  reject  the  existing
United  Express  Agreement, and the fact  that  the  company
cannot  predict  the timing or outcome of United's  decision
process;  the timing and impact on the company's ability  to
operate an independent airline of any disengagement  by  the
company as a United Express carrier under the United Express
Agreement  or pursuant to bankruptcy court proceedings;  the
company's  ability to collect pre-petition obligations  from
United  or to offset pre-petition obligations due to United,
and  to  collect post-petition amounts due from  United  for
rate adjustments due to be paid later in 2003; the continued
financial  health of Delta Air Lines, Inc., and the  ability
and willingness of Delta to continue to deploy the company's
aircraft  and  to utilize and pay for scheduled  service  at
agreed  upon  rates;  the  ability  to  acquire  and  obtain
financing  for  any  additional  aircraft  intended  to   be
operated  under  its  new business plan and  other  possible
consequences  of  credit evaluations of  the  company's  new
business plan; the ability to efficiently transition out  of
the   United  Express  program;  unanticipated   events   or
circumstances  that  could impact the company's  ability  to
implement  its new business strategy; the revenue  and  cost
assumptions   utilized  in  developing  the  company's   new
business  strategy;  reactions from competitors,  which  may
include  pricing and service decisions in markets where  the
company   may   operate;  general  economic   and   industry
conditions;   additional  acts  of  war;   and   risks   and
uncertainties arising from the events of September  11,  the
impact  of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
on travel and from the slow economy, any of which may impact
the  company,  its  aircraft  manufacturers  and  its  other
suppliers in ways that the company is not currently able  to
predict.   Certain of these and other risk factors are  more
fully  disclosed  under  "Risk  Factors"  and  "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, 2002 and in its Quarterly Report  on
Form  10-Q for the three-month period ended March 31,  2003.
These  statements  are  made as of July  30,  2003  and  ACA
undertakes  no obligation to update any such forward-looking
information,  including as a result of any 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:  July 30, 2003          By: /S/ Richard J. Surratt
                              Richard J. Surratt Executive
                              VP- Finance, Treasurer and Chief
                              Financial Officer