Ahh, SBRJ, Santos Dumont. Beautiful Airport. Nice landing on its 4100 feet 02/20 runway. Nice view of Copacabana beach as well. It's been a while since last time there.
Lived there thru the 60's. Kindergarten thru 8th grade at Our Lady of Mercy school. First time I heard that song "Leaving on a jet plane" I was on my way to the airport, leaving. Leaving Rio broke my heart.
I would say no. Depends on what you consider beautiful. While I do enjoy that view... I don't prefer buildings/boats/etc. I would prefer nature. So no, this is not the most beautiful approach :), for me.
Are there still many international companies flying to Rio ? Sadly Swissair used to fly there from GVA with DC-10 but that was about 30 years ago. They don't fly here anymore since a long time, I wonder why.