Vietnam Airlines to transports 6 mln passengers in 2005 Vietnam Airlines by mid-December transported over 5.7 million passengers and expects the number to climb to 6 million late this year, one million higher than last year. The national flag carrier has transported some 17,000 passengers and more than 260 tons of goods a day on average. Its seat occupancy rate this year has increased 4 percent year-on-year to 69 percent, the highest ever so far.