Flight was delayed, but the boarding sign was flashing an hour early, so we all stood in line. The seats were extremely cramped. The crew removed passengers backpacks from the overhead and made them put under the cramped seats, the bins were for “roller bags only”. The captain held the flight even LONGER for 5 passengers who were late to arrive, and when they did, they were ITA flight crew, and more bags were removed from overheads to make room for their backpacks and shopping bags…..we were to arrive in Catania at 11:00, but didn’t get there until 1:30 am. An hour and a half delay. Terrible airline , all of our flights have been rotten. Oh, we had to pay $65 per checked bag as well.