Furia
You make some interesting points but giving Spanish regional Govt lent millions to Spanair where there was no possibility of it ever getting repaid or getting any benefit. The nice shiny new airports built that now resemble nice car parks with no passengers.
Claiming Ryanair is the problem because Regional Govts incentivise them to bring in passengers seems like a good use of resources.
Spanair ................no taxes paid and no money earned for that investment
New Airports..................loans still being repaid no passengers or income received
Incentivising Ryanair.............passengers who spend money arrive in Spain, jobs and taxes
As for using Air Berlin as the comparison, they have had their own share of incidents including fatigued crew declaring a Panpan
Incident: Air Berlin A332 at Munich on May 5th 2012, tired crew declared PAN
Also their passenger numbers are dropping significantly this year being 5%, 6% and 5% down over last 3 months.