Hospital partnership to expand liver transplant program PITTSBURGH — Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is partnering with a pediatric hospital in Virginia to further expand its pediatric liver transplant program.Transplant team members from Children’s will assist in managing patients at University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in Charlottesville, Va.The transplants will be performed by surgeons of both hospitals in Virginia.Dr. George Mazariegos, chief of pediatric transplantation at Children’s, says the hospital looks forward to expanding its transplant services and providing the best possible care to patients.

OneJet adding Pgh. flights to Hartford, more in futureIMPERIAL — OneJet has named Pittsburgh a “focus city” and plans to add daily flights to Hartford, Conn. and four other cities.The carrier uses seven-passenger Hawker 400 jets to cater to business travelers. It launched service from Pittsburgh International Airport in May, with nonstop flights to Indianapolis and Milwaukee.At a news conference Thursday, the company pledged to add nonstop flights to four still-to-be decided destinations later this year and to hire about 40 pilots, mechanics and other workers in Pittsburgh.