São Paulo is becoming “The Jetsons”
The number of helicopters over Sao Paulo and air traffic turned the city into a “real episode of South America (TV show) The Jetsons,” says a full-page report published last Friday in the British newspaper The Guardian.
The newspaper explained that, because of the high number of residents and cars circulating in the city, causing traffic jams of up to 200 kilometers, the rich executives, bankers and business journalism, among others, are opting for helicopter as a means of transport.
“The case of love of Sao Paulo with helicopters began in 1994, after the introduction of an economic plan that the government linked the new Brazilian currency to the dollar. The result was the sudden entry of helicopters made in the United States. In mid-90, the American giant, Bell helicopters arrived to introduce training courses for pilots in Portuguese, because the increased demand in Brazil. ”
Today, Brazil is living with the new period of economic stability and its currency reaching records based on nine years period, the number of helicopters is returning to grow in Sao Paulo.
According to the newspaper, “there is constant flow of helicopters crossing the sky of the city, small points up and down while doing your way, helipad for helipad.”
“According to the National Agency of Aviation in Brazil the number of helicopters in the State of Sao Paulo jumped from 374 to 496 between 1999 and 2008, making the city the world capital of the helicopter, ahead of Tokyo and New York.”
The Guardian says that only in the city of Sao Paulo there are 420 helicopters, which can be seen crossing the sky day and night.
There are at least 70 thousand flights of helicopters over the city every year and 420 heliports in Sao Paulo, which represents 75% of heliports in Brazil and 50% more than in the entire United Kingdom. “Analysts say that other 83 helicopters should be added to the fleet of the city by 2010,” says the report.
According to the report, the “fashion” is transforming Sao Paulo in a divided city, like Rio de Janeiro, where poor residents live beside millionaires buildings close to the beach.
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