A tale of two airports in Rio de Janeiro

Among the many most picturesque flights on the planet is the journey from Brazil’s largest metropolis to its second-largest. Departing from São Paulo-Congonhas airport, the plane soars over a seemingly infinite jungle of skyscrapers; lower than an hour later, the flight descends into Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, careening previous one of many world’s most topographically unbelievable cities, earlier than banking and touchdown proper on the sting of downtown Rio. After disembarking and negotiating one’s method by the Santos Dumont airport concourse, on a transparent day guests are greeted with a humbling look at Christ the Redeemer, seated upon his perch atop…