IMPERIAL — US Airways will cut more than 90 jobs at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of plans to cut 170 jobs nationwide due to reduced demand and other changes.

Airline spokesman Todd Lehmacher tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that 73 fleet service workers will be furloughed at the airport about 10 miles west of the city. Another 18 employees who work at ticket counters or airport gates also will be among the cuts expected in March.

The cuts will leave Lodge 1044 of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers with about 80 members who still handle baggage and cargo, or clean and cater jets at the airport.

The airline says the jobs are among 176 to be eliminated nationwide in 11 markets, including Boston, Buffalo, Los Angeles and Memphis.

ERIE — The board of Erie's Hamot Medical Center has approved a deal to affiliate the hospital with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.The Hamot Health Foundation board of trustees unanimously approved the plan Monday night following a multiyear study on health care in the Erie area.Hamot and the UPMC health system started talks last year about a partnership. Under the terms of an agreement signed in August, Hamot would receive a commitment of $300 million for expansion and enhancement of medical services.Hamot Health Foundation CEO John Malone says Hamot will maintain its community focus while gaining economic and other benefits from the alignment with UPMC.

SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered below $92 a barrel today in Asia as signs of improving U.S. demand pushed crude to a two-year high.Benchmark oil for February delivery fell 2 cents to $91.84 a barrel midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude gained 75 cents to settle at $91.86 on Wednesday, the highest settlement price since October 2008.The Energy Department said U.S. commercial crude supplies fell by 2.2 million barrels to 333.1 million barrels last week while analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., expected a decline of only 300,000 barrels.Crude inventories have fallen six straight weeks, suggesting U.S. consumption is strengthening.