The article examines the issues of private law consequences of countering the global viral pandemic COVID-19 in the sphere of jurisdiction and termination of the international air transportation agreement. It is established that the jurisdictional mechanism of consideration of claims from contracts of international air transportation of passengers and baggage requires coordination of the procedure of the claim procedure and court pro-ceedings carried out carried out under the provisions on the protection of consumer rights. In international law and national regulation, the tendency of differentiation of approaches to various types of claims of passengers in case of violation of the obligations of carriers under contracts for interna-tional air carriage is highlighted. Attention is drawn to the difference in the legal regulation of international and domestic air transportation, the use of conflict-of-law mechanisms and norms of international law having priority over national legislation. The study compares the provisions of procedural and private international law, examines the provisions of judicial practice and analyzes international legal norms. It is concluded that in relation to emer-gency conditions like the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the current law needs to be improved. Attention is drawn to the need to strengthen the leading role of law in the context of the increasing technical and informational development of society and the globalization of information links and communications.