Maersk Air Cargo has become the newest member of BARIG, the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany, as the trade association sharpens its focus on the country’s air cargo sector. BARIG has been pressing German authorities to address what it describes as excessive location costs and layers of bureaucratic complexity weighing on airfreight operators. Chairman Michael Hoppe pointed to airfreight’s growing importance for German industrial supply chains, arguing that current conditions put unnecessary strain on operators at a time when the mode is more critical than ever.