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Expendable parts and supplies | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Expendable parts and supplies |
11. | Expendable parts and supplies
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Material for repair and maintenance |  | $ | 69,737 |  |  | $ | 66,418 |
Other inventories |  |  | 4,920 |  |  |  | 3,686 |
|  |  | 74,657 |  |  |  | 70,104 |
Allowance for obsolescence |  |  | (338 | ) |  |  | (1,004 | )
|  | $ | 74,319 |  |  | $ | 69,100 |
Expendable parts and supplies recognized when used as an expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of profit or loss under “Maintenance, materials and repairs” amount to $12.7 million, $32.4 million and $31.9 million, for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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