Page
                             
              Consent of Independent Auditors
                             
The Board of Directors
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.:

We   consent   to   incorporation  by  reference   in   the
registration statements (No. 333-66265, 333-15795  and  33-
67492)  on  Form  S-8 of Atlantic Coast Airlines  Holdings,
Inc. of our report dated January 27, 1999, relating to  the
consolidated  balance  sheets of  Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc.  and  subsidiary  (the  "Company")  as   of
December  31,  1998 and 1997, and the related  consolidated
statements  of operations, stockholders' equity,  and  cash
flows for the years then ended, which report appears in the
December  31,  1998,  annual report on  Form  10-K  of  the
Company.

/S/
 KPMG LLP


Washington, DC
March 22, 1999