I treated my wife who's family immigrated from Sicily to a two week trip in September. Having had amazing experiences in Italy - I've been there six times, I was thinking that the same quality, naturally, transfers to the airline since they essentially represent their country. BOY WAS I EVER WRONG!!! The quality of the plane (Chicago to Rome) - (Rome to Palermo) was awful. I upgraded thinking it was going to be spacious and I could barely fit. It was extremely uncomfortable and I'm over six foot. The seats are so packed together like sardines its unreal. The food quality was worse than dog-food and the staff was not very helpful in any way. Its a horrible horrible experience!!