In São Paulo, a sprawling city of 20m people and the business centre of Brazil's booming economy, helicopters make it easy to get around

The city's traffic has worsened dramatically in recent years, spurred on by rapid economic growth and a surge in demand for cars

Fábio Marangoni uses his helicopter within São Paulo and to reach his beach house at Iporanga, about 100km south-east of the city

At Marangoni's office, in the south of the city, a rooftop helipad enables quick access to the skies and makes it easy to visit suppliers and customers

São Paulo has about 300 helipads and, from the air, the canopy of the city can look like an urban jungle dotted with brightly coloured squares

The journey to Iporanga flies over spectacular mountains covered by lush Atlantic forest before descending to the coast

A trip that would take three hours by car takes just 25 minutes in a helicopter, allowing Paulistas to quickly escape the city

"I'm in the pool with the children by 7pm. It's another evening with the family, another dinner, and I've put in a full day's work," says Marangoni