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Accounts receivable | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Accounts receivable |
10. | Accounts receivable
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Credit cards |  | $ | 35,882 |  |  | $ | 64,595 |
Cargo and other travel agencies |  |  | 10,052 |  |  |  | 19,389 |
Airlines and clearing house |  |  | 6,156 |  |  |  | 31,087 |
Government |  |  | 5,466 |  |  |  | 8,031 |
Trade receivables from related parties |  |  | 1,429 |  |  |  | 147 |
Other |  |  | 13,187 |  |  |  | 14,250 |
|  |  | 72,172 |  |  |  | 137,499 |
Allowance for expected credit losses |  |  | (6,483 | ) |  |  | (5,579 | )
|  | $ | 65,689 |  |  | $ | 131,920 |
Current |  |  | 64,635 |  |  |  | 129,781 |
Non-current |  |  | 1,054 |  |  |  | 2,139 |
|  | $ | 65,689 |  |  | $ | 131,920 |
Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and have maturities between 30 to 90 days. See detail of trade receivables from related parties in note 23. As of December 31, 2020, the Company maintains a non-current account receivable with a government institution in the amount of $1.0 million net of the expected credit losses (2019: $2.1 million). The category “Other” mainly includes receivables from miles’ partners and employees accounts. The change in the allowance for expected credit losses in respect of accounts receivable during the year was as follows.
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | (5,579 | ) |  | $ | (5,057 | ) |  | $ | (3,673 | )
Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 9 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (624 | )
Balance at beginning of year under IFRS 9 |  |  | (5,579 | ) |  |  | (5,057 | ) |  |  | (4,297 | )
Additions |  |  | (1,310 | ) |  |  | (744 | ) |  |  | (1,311 | )
Write-offs |  |  | 406 |  |  |  | 222 |  |  |  | 551 |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | (6,483 | ) |  | $ | (5,579 | ) |  | $ | (5,057 | )
The information about the credit exposures is disclosed in note 28.3.

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