SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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): May 19, 2004
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 No.)
of
Incorporation)
45200 Business Court, Dulles, VA 20166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(703) 650-6000
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
N/A
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 19, 2004, Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. (ACA)
(NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) issued a news release announcing the 35
destinations that will be served by Independence Air's new low-
fare flights this summer from Washington Dulles International
Airport. The inaugural Independence Air flights will take off on
June 16th, with new service to East Coast and Midwest
destinations launching throughout June, July and August. By
summer's end, the airline will offer 300 daily departures from
Washington Dulles, making it the largest low-fare hub in America.
A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Statements in this press release and by company executives
regarding its implementation of new business strategies, as well
as regarding operations, earnings, revenues and costs, include
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: the ability of the Company to implement its
transition out of the United Express and Delta Connection
programs; the ability to effectively implement its low-fare
business strategy utilizing regional jets and Airbus aircraft,
and to compete effectively as a low-fare carrier, including
passenger response to the Company's new service, and the response
of United or other competitors with respect to service levels and
fares in markets to be operated by the Company; the effects of
high fuel prices on the Company; the ability of government
agencies involved in airport operations to handle the increased
number of flights and passengers anticipated at Dulles Airport
without interference with airline operations; the ability to
complete the acquisition of, obtain certification for, and secure
financing of, its Airbus aircraft, and to successfully integrate
these aircraft into its fleet; the ability to redeploy or assign
to Delta or others the leases of the 328JET aircraft currently
used in the Company's Delta Connection operations; the
possibility that the Company will remain obligated under the
leases for 328JET aircraft currently used in the Delta Connection
operations even if assigned to Delta, and would be obligated to
fulfill those obligations should Delta default at any time prior
to the expiration of the leases; unexpected costs or procedural
complications arising from the insolvency of Fairchild Dornier
GmbH, the manufacturer and equity owner of the 328JETs; the
ability to successfully remarket the J-41 aircraft; the ability
to successfully hire and train employees in sufficient numbers to
implement the transition; the ability to reach agreement with
AMFA and AFA-CWA on mutually satisfactory contracts; and general
economic and industry conditions, 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 the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003
and in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
March 31, 2004. These statements are made as of May 19, 2004 and
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. 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: May 19, 2004 By: /S/ David W. Asai
David W. Asai
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer