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Luxury travel is rarely seen as anything other than aspirational, yet its true cost on the planet is staggering.

Luxury travel is rarely seen as anything other than aspirational, yet its true cost on the planet is staggering.

That’s the critical message we helped deliver in collaboration with Oxfam in a bold new film taking a hard look at the environmental toll of the super-wealthy’s high-flying lifestyles.

Our film ‘Unfairways.com’ introduces a fictional airline that caters to the ultra-rich, contrasting their opulent choices with the devastating impacts of climate change on those least responsible. By using satirical humour, we crafted a message that’s impossible to ignore. It’s not about elite jet-setters; it’s about the stark inequality at the heart of the climate crisis. The film’s message is both urgent and clear: it’s time for government action to tax luxury travel, making those most responsible contribute fairly to climate solutions.

With every frame of the film, we emphasized the contrast between carbon-heavy luxuries like private jets and the vulnerable communities paying the price for these excesses. A single private jet flight from London to New York, for example, emits as much carbon as the average UK citizen would over 11 years.

Finalist

Best Advocacy Campaign

2025

Purpose Awards

Since the film’s launch we’ve seen powerful traction across social channels. Our client had a target of hitting 30,000 signatures to the open letter in three months on Unfairways.com – we achieved 100% of this target with a month to spare, setting us well on-track to hit our goal of 120K signatures by the end of the 12-month period.

But the real success story of this film is that since its launch, UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has since announced a 50% increase in air passenger duty – a huge step forward in UK taxation on luxury travel.

31,427 signatures achieved
100% target achieved
Official law changed

“A huge thanks to you and the team for all your work. We’re so excited by it and it’s been brilliant seeing it go out into the world!”

Head of Campaign Engagement, Oxfam

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