Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
February 9, 2004          Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6019

  Atlantic Coast Airlines/Independence Air Chairman and CEO
           to Present at Deutsche Banc Securities
        14th Annual Global Transportation Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (February 9, 2004) - Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc./Independence Air (Nasdaq/NM: ACAI)  Chairman
and  Chief  Executive  Officer  Kerry  Skeen  will  make   a
presentation to investors and financial analysts during  the
Deutsche   Banc   Securities  2004   Global   Transportation
Conference  being  held in Naples, FL.  The  Atlantic  Coast
Airlines/Independence Air presentation is scheduled to  take
place  Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at approximately  3:15pm
Eastern.

A  live  audio-only  webcast  of  the  conference  is  being
presented by the sponsors. It will be accessible through the
following web address:

www.cib.db.com/conferences/transportation04

A  recording  of the presentation will also be available  at
that  same  address  for  at least  30  days  following  the
conference.

The   slides   that  will  accompany  the   Atlantic   Coast
Airlines/Independence Air presentation will be available  as
a PowerPoint file in the "For Investors HOME" section of the
Atlantic Coast Airlines corporate website:

www.atlanticcoast.com

Atlantic   Coast  Airlines  currently  operates   as   Delta
Connection  and United Express in the Eastern and Midwestern
United  States  as well as Canada.  On July  28,  2003,  the
company announced plans to establish a new, independent low-
fare  airline to be based at Washington Dulles International
Airport-to  be called Independence Air.  The company  has  a
fleet  of  144  aircraft-including a total of  120  regional
jets-and   offers   800   daily   departures,   serving   80
destinations.  Atlantic Coast Airlines employs approximately
4,400 aviation professionals.

The  common stock of parent company Atlantic Coast  Airlines
Holdings, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under
the symbol ACAI. For more information, visit our website  at
www.atlanticcoast.com.    For   more    information    about
Independence Air, visit our "preview" site at www.flyi.com.

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