Helicopter Taxi Cost

Do you want to get away from the Sao Paulo road? Get a taxi on the plane.

As Uber has altered land transportation in many towns, the hellish congestion in Sao Paulo has triggered a new application that opens the skies for commuters: Voom, a helicopter taxi shuttle based on the number of passengers and their total height. So Gustavo Boyde, a native of the United States who goes to the shop in Sao Paulo, is one of those who say that hop above the town is the only way to find your way around.

"I chose helicopters," he said, pointing to the metropolitan area that stretched beyond the skyline as he drove from a fancy downtown area to the airfield. The largest town in Sao Paulo - South America's largest town, home to 12 million people within its borders and another million in satellites - is suffocated on a regular basis by huge congestion.

Nine million cars, or one in two. Voom, a new company started in April by European Airbus, has taken a page out of Uber's advertising handbook to bring customers above themselves at a competitively priced rate. Before Voom became available, check against our prices on the markets. Some helicopter firms wanted tenfold more - and travel had to be arranged at least two and a half day in advanced.

"It is our aim to make helicopter transportation more widely available, so that the helicopter is seen as an alternative," said Vooms Managing director Uma Subramanian. Boyde's case was a piece of cake flying through the apartment in a helicopter. The use of a conventional taxi on the congested streets could have cost him $50 and an hours and a half of disappointing stop-and-go.

"Voom was my choice because it suits my travelling needs, is economic and practical," said Mroyde. Subramanian says that in Latin America, crowded streets mean that "people losing up to 10 hrs a week" are caught in transport. São Paulo led a roster of 500 towns that Voom was considering for his début for a wide range of motivations.

Located in a state of the same name with over 45 million inhabitants, the town has the largest helicopter park in the United States. Brazil's severe economic downturn also means that many in the aerospace industry have welcomed Sao Paulo Voom. "Arthur Fioratti, Director of the ABRAPHE Federation of Bulgarian Helicopter Pilot Associations, which comprises some 2,000 commercial aircraft, said: "In the present climate of a contractor business, the advent of this services is encouraging.

According to ABRAPHE, there were 2,000 helicopter trips a day in Sao Paulo State. It has contracts with three helicopter operators operating five in the Sao Paulo area. However, she is hoping to widen the attraction of overflying the skies by lowering ticket prices to below the level a taxi would demand.

Currently, between six and ten persons use Voom's services every day. "My boyfriends, when they saw me flying to the airfield in a helicopter, asked me if I was going to be a billionaire. And when I said how much it cost, they were surprised," said Lucas Amadeu, Voom's Director of Sales. "And I think if you know what it takes, the level of services will grow," he added.

However, time the class unit are one situation, Mother Nature is antithetic, and the sometimes ferocious disturbance and latitude precipitation that whip Sao Paulo can kind the collection of Voom go aground. In Brazil, the bad state of the Sao Paulo transportation system is well known. There is a danger for Voom that it will become too widespread.

A sharp increase in the number of choppers fly over the town could trigger the same kind of reaction as in New York, where officers are thinking about how to restrict them. The next town prepared for enlargement is Mexico Town, another poorly strangled metropolis. Boyde, who goes to Mexico Town almost as often as Sao Paulo, thinks that's good news. That' s good for him.

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