The name São Paulo honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus.
     The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth.
     The municipality is also the Earth's 11th largest city proper by population.
     The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil.
     São Paulo has the 11th largest GDP in the world.
     For Dominic Kennedy, Managing Director, Cargo at Virgin Atlantic:
     “São Paulo is a fantastic route for our cargo customers, with high demand for both import and export capacity and we are excited to be flying to this continent for the first time beginning in April 2020.
     “Alongside our launch of Tel Aviv services in September, this new phase of growth for Virgin Atlantic means we are giving customers more choice to two of the world’s most dynamic cargo markets at a time when both are enjoying increasing prosperity, driven by their thriving business and consumer communities.”
     VS has embarked on an ambitious growth plan which, in 2019, includes the arrival of the first four of 12 Airbus A350-1000.
     Virgin said it looks forward to becoming the founding member of a new, $13 billion transatlantic joint venture with over 300 daily transatlantic flights and 96 non-stop transatlantic routes, alongside Delta, Air France and KLM as well as launching new services from London Heathrow to Las Vegas and Manchester to Los Angeles.