Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                  Contact:  Rick DeLisi
February 26, 2004         Director, Corporate Communications
Page 1 of 1                                   (703) 650-6550

    Atlantic Coast Airlines/Independence Air Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer to Present at JP Morgan 2004 Airline
                         Conference

Dulles,  VA,  (February 26, 2004) - Atlantic Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc. (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) (ACA) Chairman  and  Chief
Executive  Officer Kerry Skeen will make a  presentation  to
investors  and financial analysts during the JP Morgan  2004
Airline   Conference   being   held   in   New   York.   The
ACA/Independence Air presentation is scheduled to take place
Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at approximately 4:30pm Eastern.

JP   Morgan  will  webcast  an  audio-only  version  of  its
conference participants' presentations live on the Internet.
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://www.wallstreetwebcasting.com/webcast/jpm2/acai/

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/Independence  Air
presentation will be available as a PowerPoint file  in  the
"For  Investors"  section  of the Atlantic  Coast  corporate
website:  www.atlanticcoast.com

Atlantic   Coast  Airlines  currently  operates   as   Delta
Connection  and United Express in the Eastern and Midwestern
U.S.  as  well  as Canada.  On July 28, 2003, ACA  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.  ACA employs
approximately 4,100 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 about ACA, 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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