THE new Dreamliner flight from Glasgow to Mexico will depart as normal this morning despite a week of problems surrounding the Boeing 787 crafts.

It comes after a fire extensively damaged one of the new Boeing 787 planes at Heathrow Airport on Friday, and the aircraft's withdrawal earlier this year for modifications following a scare over battery fires.

Operator Thomson confirmed that all 787 flights from all airports continue as planned, including today's Glasgow flight to the resort of Cancun, taking off at 9.15am.

Yesterday the Dreamliner flight to Sanford, Orlando left Glasgow Airport at 12.45, after a 25 minute delay.

A Thomson spokeswoman said: "The safety of our customers and crew is of paramount importance to us.

"We want to reassure our customers that we have every confidence in this aircraft and would never operate it if we weren't 100% sure of its safety."

No passengers were on board when the fire broke out on the Ethiopian Airlines craft, which was parked at a remote stand.

Air accident experts have said there was "no evidence" of a link between the blaze at Heathrow and the plane's batteries.

Later on Friday, a 787 was forced to return to Manchester Airport after it developed a mid-flight technical issue.

A small number of components were replaced on the aircraft.

Passengers who left Glasgow on the first Dreamliner flight last week are due to fly back to the city on Wednesday.