Exhibit 23.1


               Consent of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statements  (No.  333-41800, 333-66265,  333-15795  and  33-
67492) on Form S-8 of Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
of our report dated January 30, 2002 except as to Notes 1(f)
and  13, which are as of March 29, 2002, with respect to the
consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Atlantic  Coast  Airlines
Holdings,  Inc.  as of December 31, 2000 and  2001  and  the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity  and  cash flows for each of the years in the  three-
year period ended December 31, 2001, which report appears in
the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of Atlantic
Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Our report refers to a change, effective January 1, 1999  in
the Company's method of accounting for preoperating costs.





McLean, Virginia
March 29, 2002